Jim Morrill Jr. put on a driving clinic at Batavia Downs Saturday night (Nov. 18), winning nine of the 13 races on the card. Morrill Jr.'s run included a natural hat trick in races two through four, a natural grand slam in races seven through 10 and victories in both feature races. Morrill Jr. also had one third and posted an unbelievable .778 UDR for the night. Morrill Jr. broke his own single night win record of eight that he set back in 2005 at Batavia and was tied a year later by John Cummings Jr.   Morrill Jr. won the $15,000 Open I Handicap trot with E Street, who ran his own personal win streak to four. E Street sat in the pocket behind Crazy Ritz (Jim McNeight Jr.) through quarters of 28 4/5, 59 3/5 and 1:29, and then continued to follow until the top of the stretch. It was there Morrill Jr. dipped into the passing lane and let E Street sprint to the line with no urging to win in 1:58 2/5. E Street ($3.70) is owned by Elite Harness Racing and trained by Rachelle Mungillo. Morrill Jr.'s other feature win was with Venier Hanover in the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace. Morrill Jr. put Venier Hanover on the point and dominated the field from there. After getting to the half in 56 3/5 with Parmesan N (Austin Sorrie) and Stranger Things (Jim McNeight Jr.) trying to keep pace, Morrill Jr. gave Venier Hanover his head and scorched a 27 3/5 third panel that put four lengths between him and the rest of the group. Venier Hanover then rounded the last turn and scooted home, wrapped-up in 1:54 3/5. It was the 52nd career win for Venier Hanover ($4.50), who is owned by Monique Cohen and trained by Shawn McDonough. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Morrill Jr. completed his nonagon with BJ's Smitty (1:58 3/5, $14.00), Virgil N (1:54 1/5, $4.70), Play The Field (1:56 2/5, $5.50), Prairie Panther (1:55 4/5, $2.70), Credit List (1:58 2/5, $3.60) Rebellious (1:56 2/5, $2.20) - who registered his 70th lifetime win - and Vulcan Star N (1:54 4/5, $9.80). Morrill Jr. started the night as the leading driver at the current Batavia meet with 147 wins, but just four ahead of Kevin Cummings (143). Now, Morrill Jr. has a double digit lead after the dust settled Saturday as he now has 156 wins to Cummings's 145 (Cummings won two races as well). --press release (Batavia)--