{"id":54574,"date":"2024-07-05T10:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=54574"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:54:37","slug":"genesee-county-tom-agosti-appointed-as-race-secretary-at-batavia-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/genesee-county-tom-agosti-appointed-as-race-secretary-at-batavia-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Tom Agosti appointed as race secretary at Batavia Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1023\" data-attachment-id=\"54576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/genesee-county-tom-agosti-appointed-as-race-secretary-at-batavia-downs\/attachment\/1000011671\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?fit=678%2C1023&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,1023\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1000011671\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?fit=678%2C1023&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?resize=678%2C1023&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54576 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?w=678&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000011671.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY &#8212; Don Hoover, Director of Live Racing at Batavia Downs, has announced that Tom Agosti has been named as the new race secretary for Batavia Downs starting with the 2024 summer\/fall live meet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photo by Steve Roth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince coming to Batavia, I have been serving double-duty as both director of live racing and race secretary and in order to have both positions be better managed, I have decided to hire Tom to handle the daily draws so I can concentrate more on running the business,\u201d said Hoover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith Tom\u2019s knowledge of the local horse colony and their connection\u2019s needs for proper classification, having him write the condition sheet here to be reflective of the meet they are coming from will be advantageous to all racing participants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agosti has been a fixture on the western New York harness racing circuit since 1977 when he launched a 31-year driving career that ended in 2011 due to back issues. During that time, Agosti won 1,435 races, $4.4 million in purses and multiple driving titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after parking his race bike for the final time, Agosti was hired as the assistant race secretary at Buffalo Raceway in 2011, moved to the top spot there in 2014 and has held that position ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agosti has also served as the race secretary at The Red Mile early meet since 2016 along with his duties as charter and program director. He has given up his positions there to transition to the Batavia job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Agosti loved being in Kentucky, he said the opportunity to take the Batavia position was something he could not pass up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Working at the Red Mile was great. I loved the people down there and it was just an overall great environment to be in. But it was only three months out of the year. The position at Batavia amounts to seven months overall, including the winter meet, and the best thing is I get to go home every night,&#8221; said Agosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Like Don, I also feel having a uniform condition sheet bridging the two meets will be beneficial for all the local horsemen and will also help the smaller stables be more successful year round. Our main objective here is to have the racing be fair and equitable for everyone involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live racing kicks off at Batavia Downs on Saturday, July 27 at 6 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY &#8212; Don Hoover, Director of Live Racing at Batavia Downs, has announced that Tom Agosti has been named as the new race secretary for Batavia Downs starting with the 2024 summer\/fall live meet. (Photo by Steve Roth) \u201cSince coming to Batavia, I \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/genesee-county-tom-agosti-appointed-as-race-secretary-at-batavia-downs\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54576,"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],"tags":[376,4446],"class_list":["post-54574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-downs","tag-tom-agosti"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-ece","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55156,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/genesee-county-live-racing-returns-to-batavia-downs-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":54574,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Live racing returns to Batavia Downs Saturday","author":"aka","date":"July 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"File photo By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY \u2014\u00a0Live harness racing returns to Batavia Downs on Saturday (July 27) as the 2024 summer\/fall season gets underway with a full 15-race card that starts at 6 p.m. The season runs through Saturday (Dec. 7) and features a 56-day meet.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/294728761_5561952967190942_4993887756819139858_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C626&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/294728761_5561952967190942_4993887756819139858_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C626&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/294728761_5561952967190942_4993887756819139858_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C626&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/294728761_5561952967190942_4993887756819139858_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C626&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/294728761_5561952967190942_4993887756819139858_n.jpg?fit=1200%2C626&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34208,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/14\/batavia-a-new-generation-of-live-racing-begins-at-batavia-downs-on-july-20th\/","url_meta":{"origin":54574,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/A new generation of live racing begins at Batavia Downs on July 20th","author":"aka","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"File photo Press release BATAVIA \u2013 Representatives from Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel are preparing for a new generation of harness racing at Batavia Downs beginning next Wednesday, July 20th\u00a0from America\u2019s Oldest Lighted Harness Track. 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