{"id":69635,"date":"2025-10-29T23:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=69635"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T03:55:19","slug":"genesee-county-summer-was-far-from-done-at-batavia-downs-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/genesee-county-summer-was-far-from-done-at-batavia-downs-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/ \u201cSummer\u201d was far from done at Batavia Downs Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"69636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/genesee-county-summer-was-far-from-done-at-batavia-downs-wednesday\/summer-slash-1-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Wendy J Photography&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1761786365&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;copyrighted&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;61&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Summer Slash 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?resize=900%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Summer-Slash-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming<\/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 &#8212; Despite being in a bad spot amidst significant road traffic late in the mile that could have cost her a victory, Summer Slash was given a masterful steer in the late stages of the race to win the featured $11,800 Class-AA Open Handicap for fillies and mares on Wednesday (Oct. 29) night at Batavia Downs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summer Slash (Ray Fisher Jr.) got away fifth as Delta Three N (Jim McNeight Jr.) and Tres Chic Bluechip (Joe Chindano Jr.) traded leads during the :28.2 first quarter. Once settled on the point, Tres Chic Bluechip was quickly faced with an outer-flow before the half, led by Rightfully Mine (Kyle Swift) and bolstered by Gia\u2019s Surreal (Kevin Cummings) and Summer Slash, who was third-over in the breeze.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Positions remained unchanged to three-quarters, but when the race made its way through turn four, Rightfully Mine was pacing around the leader and Gia\u2019s Surreal had swung three-wide around them both. But instead of going four-wide off his cover, Fisher sent Summer Slash three positions down and into the passing lane, where the mare shot through like a rocket and beat the rest of the girls to the line by a length in 1:55.1, blowing-up the tote board at 10-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the sixth win of the year for Summer Slash ($23.04), who is owned by Ilovemyharnesshorsesummer and trained by Ryan Swift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drew Monti and Joe Chindano Jr. both had driving hat tricks while trainer Shawn McDonough registered two wins on the night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Friday (Oct. 31) with post time at 6:00 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at The Downs\u2019 website (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbataviadownsgaming.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C319c26e486c342190cab08de175a3d04%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638973873495092233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=L13ki3r0tsfVh9Q8azKASZt15%2B5Hkw7lHXV6iArczxk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">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":"<p>By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming (Photo courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY &#8212; Despite being in a bad spot amidst significant road traffic late in the mile that could have cost her a victory, Summer Slash was given a masterful steer in the late stages of the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/29\/genesee-county-summer-was-far-from-done-at-batavia-downs-wednesday\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69636,"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-69635","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-i79","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68658,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/genesee-county-summer-slash-wins-in-a-fantastic-finish-at-batavia-downs\/","url_meta":{"origin":69635,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Summer Slash wins in a fantastic finish at Batavia Downs","author":"aka","date":"October 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming (Photo courtesy of Wendy J. 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