{"id":47083,"date":"2023-09-20T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T03:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=47083"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T03:41:21","slug":"genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-scores-fifth-straight-in-batavia-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-scores-fifth-straight-in-batavia-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Louie The Lilac scores fifth straight in Batavia feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"47084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-scores-fifth-straight-in-batavia-feature\/louie-the-lilac-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?fit=1022%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1022,681\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Wendy J Photography&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695260258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;copyrighted&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Louie-The-Lilac-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=900%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?w=1022&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY \u2014 Louie The Lilac has been smelling like a rose at the current Batavia Downs meet and her success continued on Wednesday night (Sept. 20) after she extended her winning streak to five in the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Cummings pushed away the gate with Louie The Lilac and opened up a two length advantage at the :28.3 quarter and it only got worse for the competition from there. Louie The Lilac opened up 3-\u00bd lengths at the half and extended her lead to four as she passed three-quarters in 1:26, with the field following loosely behind her. As the race rounded the far turn, Casie\u2019s Believer (Joe Chindano Jr.) made her way to second from mid-pack, but had two lengths yet to make up. However that wasn\u2019t going to happen on this night as Louie The Lilac cruised home first under a line drive from Cummings in 1:55.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the seventh win this year for Louie The Lilac ($2.60) and owner Mike Torcello. Sam Smith trains the winner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave McNeight III had a grand slam on Wednesday, winning with Dancing Lisa (1:55.2, $8.70), Chipper Daisy (1:57.3, $4.20), Bngs Express (1:58.2, $29.60) and Ashlee\u2019s Delight (1:55.4, $17.40).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta was hit in the 13th race. The combination of 9-5-2-1-7 returned $6,404.90 for a 20-cent wager.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Friday (Sept. 22) at 6:00 p.m.&nbsp;Free full past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs\u2019 website (<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbataviadownsgaming.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C70a02e99538c4d2534fc08dbba47afe6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638308589277591439%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xC0TW8UQPvdRTsSEm7LqhdG4JCM5dZDclMNtFjAsLSU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bataviadownsgaming.com<\/a>) under the \u201cLive Racing\u201d tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 Louie The Lilac has been smelling like a rose at the current Batavia Downs meet and her success continued on Wednesday night (Sept. 20) after she extended her winning streak to five in the $15,000 \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-scores-fifth-straight-in-batavia-feature\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-47083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-batavia-downs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-cfp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48345,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-back-on-top-in-batavia-feature\/","url_meta":{"origin":47083,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Louie The Lilac back on top in Batavia feature","author":"aka","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photo courtesy of Wendy J. 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