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By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Batavia, NY — On Friday (Oct. 10), Batavia Downs held their annual breast cancer awareness fundraiser in partnership with the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (New York), which has become a major function of their yearly calendar. The 2024 event raised in excess of $25,000 and the hope is to surpass that amount again this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the many activities that were conducted during the sold out event to raise funds and awareness to fight this dreaded disease, the fifth race was named the $7,500 Breast Cancer Awareness Pace and featured horses from seven female trainers who were invited to enter. And the race was won by Mateo who is trained by Jami Chatt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drew Monti sent Mateo right to the front and turned back all comers from the start. After getting to the half in :59.4, Mateo took on challenges from Mason Street (Dave McNeight III) and Barry Hanover (Justin Huckabone) from the three-quarters to the line, but fought hard for the cause to fend them off and won by a length in 1:58.3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the 31st lifetime win for Mateo ($7.92) and it pushed the 11-year-old gelded son of Blue Burner\u2019s career bankroll to $382,241. Chatt also co-owns Mateo with his driver, Drew Monti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other trainers in the race were (from post one out) Lynn Fisher, Courtney Wright, Judy Blaun, Ann Yurenka, Cassandra Johnson and Sophie Norton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were also a lot of other lady trainers who sent out winners all night long at Batavia Downs including Sheena Cohen (Brookview Darius-1:58.3, $4.36), Maria Rice (Munk-1:59.1, $6.80), Tammy Cummings (My One Percent 1:59.4, $19.30 and Always Choose Chip 1:58.4, $2.28), Mae Smith (Huntsville Place 1:58.2, $8.72), Candace Brandstatter-Hall (Grinder 1:59.4, $9.78) and Taylor Fritz, who won the regular featured race of the night, covered below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a two week break from action, Starlitcresentroll was \u201cpoppin\u2019 fresh\u201d and went gate to wire to claim his first win since August in the $10,000 AA Trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Friday (Oct. 10) night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drew Monti pushed Starlitcresentroll to the lead off the gate and hit the quarter in :29 flat while Latavius (Jim Morrill Jr.) sat snug in the pocket. After throttling down the second quarter to a pedestrian :31.1, Monti hit the gas and Starlitcresentroll went :28.4 up the backside, thwarting an outside blitz attempt from Double Class (Kyle Cummings), who only made it to third. At the top of the lane Starlitcresentroll had a 1-\u00bd length lead, but Latavius made a run at the leader and made it interesting. However Latavius’ best effort fell three-quarters of a length short as Starlitcresentroll tripped the beam first in 1:58.3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the seventh win of the year for Starlitcresentroll ($13.26) and it raised his seasonal earnings to $59,090, which are both career highs. Starlitcresentroll is owned by Lucky Label Stable and trained by Taylor Fritz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyle Swift led all drivers Friday with three wins on the card while trainers Tammy Cummings and Chris Petrelli scored two wins apiece to lead their category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $5,000 guaranteed pool in the Pick-5 wager on Friday turned out to be a major score for some lucky punters. The combination of 1-4-2-6-2 returned $1,972.61 for the 50-cent wager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Oct. 11) with post time at 6:00 p.m. and there will be a $2,630 carryover in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta in the 12th race. 
Free full card 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. Then you can watch all the races live as they happen for free on the Batavia Downs YouTube page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY — On Friday (Oct. 10), Batavia Downs held their annual breast cancer awareness fundraiser in partnership with the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (New York), which has become a major function of their yearly calendar. \u2026<\/p>\n

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