He is most closely associated with Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby and as the on-air talent for Keeneland Racecourse with Katie Gensler.
Battaglia, a native of Covington, Kentucky,[1] has worked most of his career at Churchill and Turfway Park.
He has set the morning line odds at Churchill since 1974, and was the race announcer there from 1977 to 1996.
[2] Battaglia is also the morning line oddsmaker for Turfway Park and Keeneland.
Mike Battaglia was in the 2010 movie Secretariat as well as the 1999 film Nice Guys Sleep Alone.