Benefitting from post one and a perfect trip, Crazy Brother Jim (Rock Vinci) scored an easy victory in the $9,500 featured trot at Batavia Downs on Friday (November 15) evening.
Longshot Alan (John Cummings Jr.) left from post seven and bolted to the lead in easy fashion. With Crazy Brother Jim following from second, Alan set easy fractions of :29.4 and 1:01.2 to the half. From there, Jacked (Joe Chindano Jr.) pulled first-over from third to push the tempo and the top three horses broke from the field by nine lengths heading to three-quarters. Jacked continued to push Alan while Crazy Brother Jim laid in wait as they rolled around the final turn. When the trio reached the stretch, Vinci dipped Crazy Brother Jim into the passing lane and trotted right by Alan to win by a length in 1:59.4.
It was the eighth win of the year for Crazy Brother Jim ($8.40) who is owned and trained by his driver, Vinci.
Shawn McDonough scored a double-triple on Friday, by winning three races as both driver and trainer. McDonough won with Free To Dream (1:57, $3.40), Maczaffair N (1:56.1, $4.50) and Angelo J Fra (1:58, $11.00), who scored her 81st lifetime win and all three winners hailed from the McDonough stable.
Kevin Cummings also drove three winners on Friday.
Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Saturday (November 16) with post time at 6 p.m. and there will also be a carryover of $703 in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta in the 13th race.
Free full card past performance programs for every live card of racing at Batavia can always be downloaded at the Downs’ website (bataviadownsgaming.com) under the “Live Racing” tab and all the racing action can be viewed as it happens for free at the Batavia Downs Live Facebook page.
