{"id":47295,"date":"2023-09-27T23:43:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T03:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=47295"},"modified":"2023-09-27T23:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T03:43:51","slug":"genesee-county-xenias-chip-upsets-morrill-wins-five-at-batavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/genesee-county-xenias-chip-upsets-morrill-wins-five-at-batavia\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Xenia\u2019s Chip upsets, Morrill wins five at Batavia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batavia, NY \u2014 Overlooked by the bettors at 13-1 despite a convincing win two weeks ago in a lower class, Xenia\u2019s Chip made a statement Wednesday night (Sept. 27) by winning the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares at Batavia Downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xenia\u2019s Chip (Kevin Cummings) got away third as Imprincessgemma A (John Cummings Jr.) skated to the quarter in :28.3. Just past that station, Won Surreal Deal (Dave McNeight III) pulled first-over and made her way to second passing the half, with two mares following in the outer flow that left Xenia\u2019s Chip locked in at the pylons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the race motored up the backside, Imprincessgemma A continued to own the lead but was under duress from Won Surreal Deal and the pocket-sitting Come Out And Play (Jim Morrill Jr.), who pushed her to a :27.4 third panel. The top three positions remained the same around the last turn but then Xenia\u2019s Chip finally had room to advance and made her way to the five-path at the top of the stretch. With four horses still ahead of her, Xenia\u2019s Chip dug deep and paced furiously to the line where she won by one-half length in 1:54.3, taking a new lifetime mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the eighth win of the year for Xenia\u2019s Chip ($33.00) who is owned by Keith Pinkowski and trained by Jim Graham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the secondary featured $11,500 mid-level conditioned pace for female participants, the well traveled and win-laden Doyoukissfirstdate (Dave McNeight III) took no prisoners after striking the front, controlling the pace by a gapped margin and pacing home easily by 1-\u00bd lengths in 1:55.4 to score her 12th win of the year. Doyoukissfirstdate ($7.20) is owned by Gary Ballowe and trained by David Russo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Downs second leading driver, Jim Morrill Jr., won five races on the card Wednesday. He scored with Tobin\u2019s Diva (1:56.2, $3.60), A Black Diamond (1:55.2, $2.60), Silverhill Blaze (1:56.4, $2.80), American Jazz (1:55.3, $2.50) and Flo (1:56, $3.90). Morrill\u2019s last three wins were a natural hat trick in races 11, 12 and 13. Morrill now has 96 wins at the current meet and trails Kevin Cummmings (105) by nine wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Friday (Sept. 29) at 6:00 p.m. and there will be a $697 carryover in the Jackpot Hi-5 pentafecta wager in race 13.Free full past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs\u2019 website (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":"

By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 Overlooked by the bettors at 13-1 despite a convincing win two weeks ago in a lower class, Xenia\u2019s Chip made a statement Wednesday night (Sept. 27) by winning the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for \u2026<\/p>\n

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