{"id":79618,"date":"2026-08-29T09:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=79618"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:54:23","slug":"genesee-county-post-time-change-at-batavia-downs-starting-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/genesee-county-post-time-change-at-batavia-downs-starting-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Post Time change at Batavia Downs starting Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\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; Horsemen and racing fans alike should be advised that, due to a lighting issue requiring necessary repairs, Batavia Downs will temporarily adjust the daily post time to 4:00 p.m. beginning this Saturday, August 29, and running through Saturday, September 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This temporary change will allow our crews the proper time to complete the necessary repairs while we continue to conduct our regularly scheduled live racing programs in a safe manner and without interruption. As usual, qualifiers will still take place one hour before post time on both Saturdays, therefore being held at 3:00 PM. The lasix schedule will also change accordingly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon completion of the needed work, post time will revert back to the originally scheduled 5 p.m. for the remainder of the meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY &#8212; Horsemen and racing fans alike should be advised that, due to a lighting issue requiring necessary repairs, Batavia Downs will temporarily adjust the daily post time to 4:00 p.m. beginning this Saturday, August 29, and running through Saturday, September 5. This \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/genesee-county-post-time-change-at-batavia-downs-starting-saturday\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[8,23,1],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-79618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized","tag-batavia-downs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-kIa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38103,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/06\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-flexes-post-time-for-december-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":79618,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs \u201cflexes\u201d post time for December 17","author":"aka","date":"December 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY --- The management of Batavia Downs announced today that post time for the final card of racing for 2022 scheduled for Saturday (Dec. 17) has been changed from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m.\u00a0This was done after the week 15 game between the\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":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69136,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-extends-the-2025-meet-by-four-nights\/","url_meta":{"origin":79618,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs extends the 2025 meet by four nights","author":"aka","date":"October 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming Batavia, NY --- The 2025 summer\/fall live harness racing meet at Batavia Downs was originally scheduled to conclude on Saturday (Dec. 6). 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