Driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Marcus Melander flourished on the 16-race card of racing at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (June 23) with five wins each on the card stacked with all trotting events and 15 divisions of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS).
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KYSS Finals, ‘Tuesday at the Trots’ headline Oak Grove week
Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel hosts a robust schedule of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) races over the coming week, with a quartet of $150,000 summer series championships for 4-year-olds headlining Monday’s (June 22) 15-race program totaling nearly $1 million in purses.
Kentucky Sire Stakes third round Monday at Oak Grove
A trio of 4-year-olds enter the third round of the Kentucky Sire Stakes summer series, slated for Monday (June 15) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, aiming to complete sweeps of the preliminaries.
Three Times Bettor seeks ninth straight win in Oak Grove KYSS
Following her 1:48.3 lifetime-best and track-record equaling performance in the Kentucky Sire Stakes spring series final and a resounding 1:49.4 score last week in the first preliminary of the summer series, Thaddeus Wier’s Three Times Bettor will put an eight-race win streak on the line in the second round of the current Kentucky Sire Stakes series for 4-year-old pacing mares on Monday (June 1) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.
Summer KYSS series action kicks off Monday
All four Kentucky Sire Stakes spring series champions — Harrisburg Heist, Gimpanzee Dancer, Three Times Bettor and Aperfect Annie — will look to begin their respective summer series on a winning note as Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel plays host to six first-round $50,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes events for 4-year-olds on Monday (May 25).
Fields set for Oak Grove Trotting Derby, Oaks; Handle record smashed
Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel hosted a jam-packed day of harness racing stakes on Monday (May 4) that saw a pair of track records established in the eliminations for the Oak Grove Trotting Oaks and Oak Grove Trotting Derby as well as a day of betting that annihilated the previous handle record for the Southwest Kentucky track.
Oak Grove Trotting Derby draws 19, Trotting Oaks attracts 27
The inaugural editions of the $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby, a 3-year-old open, and $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks, for 3-year-old fillies, lured 19 entrants and 27 entrants, respectively, for a total of six eliminations on Monday (May 4) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel – a day featuring over $600,000 in purses.
Yo Tillie heads Kentucky Sire Stakes opener
Breeders Crown and Dan Patch Award winner Yo Tillie is slated to make her 4-year-old debut on Monday (April 27) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel in one of seven $50,000 first-round Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) events on the 14-race program.
Dancin Champion, Bath Bomb headline Kentucky Sire Stakes
On Monday (Sept. 8), the 14-race card at the Red Mile shifts the spotlight to older horses as two $35,000 third-round legs of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for older pacers are feature events of the day. Those contests are supported by five $10,000 fifth-round legs of the Kentucky Wildcat Series for freshman male trotters and pacers.
Brandon Blvd places unblemished record on the line at Red Mile
On Tuesday (Aug. 26), Brandon Blvd will line up against six freshman male pacers in the $80,000 fourth leg of the Kentucky Championship Series at the Red Mile with perfection in balance for his young career. The 14-race card shines the spotlight on 2-year-old male pacers with two $30,000 divisions of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series, three $15,000 divisions of the Kentucky Golden Rod Series, and two $10,000 divisions of the Kentucky Wildcat Series.