{"id":48345,"date":"2023-11-15T22:38:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=48345"},"modified":"2023-11-15T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:38:24","slug":"genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-back-on-top-in-batavia-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-back-on-top-in-batavia-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Louie The Lilac back on top 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=\"48346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-back-on-top-in-batavia-feature\/louie-the-lilac-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/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;1700101917&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\/11\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=900%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?w=1022&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Louie-The-Lilac-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/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\">(Photo courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY \u2014 It\u2019s been seven weeks since Louie The Lilac had her picture taken at Batavia Downs, but that all changed on Wednesday night (Nov. 15) after she easily handled a group of mid-level conditioned mares in the $11,500 feature race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Cummings got away fifth with Louie The Lilac as Isla Seelster (Drew Monti) led at the half in :58.1. Bet I\u2019m Lucky (Jim McNeight Jr.) pulled first-over at that station and was followed closely by Louie The Lilac. Bet I\u2019m Lucky grabbed the lead at three-quarters but Louie The Lilac was next in line for the top and took it midway through the last turn. From there, Louie The Lilac paced away to a 3-\u00bc length victory in 1:55.2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the eighth win of the 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\">Kevin Cummings and Dave McNeight III were the top drivers on Wednesday with three wins each while Sam Smith, Dave Russo and Shawn McDonough all registered two training wins apiece.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Nov. 18) at 6:00 p.m. and there will be a $1,559 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 (<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbataviadownsgaming.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7Ccf8cd6c109864d5a305e08dbe65050ed%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638357004855653741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8yhMwxRXfgkr6QQfGb1j9gFI6H4qbeQ9f5rJ%2Fy3qTJc%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 (Photo courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 It\u2019s been seven weeks since Louie The Lilac had her picture taken at Batavia Downs, but that all changed on Wednesday night (Nov. 15) after she easily handled a group of mid-level conditioned mares in \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-back-on-top-in-batavia-feature\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48346,"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-48345","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-czL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47083,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/genesee-county-louie-the-lilac-scores-fifth-straight-in-batavia-feature\/","url_meta":{"origin":48345,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Louie The Lilac scores fifth straight in Batavia feature","author":"aka","date":"September 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. 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