Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel wrapped its sixth year hosting live harness racing this past week, which proved to be the greatest season yet for the southwest Kentucky track with continued handle gains year over year as well as a successful foray onto the Grand Circuit with the inaugural running of the $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby as well as the $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks.
Tag: Oak Grove Racing & Gaming
Sea Bistro Hanover matches All-Age Oak Grove track record with KYSS win
Oak Grove, KY – Brett Pelling trainee Sea Bistro Hanover set flight past the quarter and muscled around the track to equal the fastest pacing mile ever at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming…
Carbon Fiber sets Oak Grove track record with KYSS win
Carbon Fiber found a perfect trip from the pocket behind quick fractions and capitalized effortlessly in the stretch for a track-record victory in the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings on “Tuesday at the Trots” (July 14) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.
USHDC concludes its Oak Grove season honoring CCCA
The United States Harness Driving Club honored the Christian County Cattlemen’s Association as Oak Grove Racing & Gaming concludes its highly successful 2026 season this week.
KYSS cavalcade to wrap 2026 Oak Grove season
The record-breaking 2026 live harness racing season for Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel draws to a close this week with three days of racing starting on Monday (July 13) and eight total Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) finals through the week.
Oak Grove cancels racing Monday, Tuesday; announces post time change
Due to overwhelming heat with indexes over 100 degrees in Kentucky, Oak Grove Racing & Gaming has canceled racing scheduled for Monday (June 29) and Tuesday (June 30) out of caution for all horses and drivers slated to compete.
Dunn, Melander dominate Oak Grove ‘Tuesday at the Trots’
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).
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.
Muskateer Hanover repeats in Oak Grove Open
Wayne Oke trainee Muskateer Hanover returned to the top class where he won three weeks ago and reclaimed his crown with a 1:51.1 victory in the $30,000 Open Handicap Pace on Tuesday afternoon (June 16) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.
Whitton, White Belly team up for USHDC win at Oak Grove
As the United States Harness Driving Club prepares for three important donations over the coming weeks, the show continued as Cassidy Whitton teamed up with White Belly and scored in the USHDC feature at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming on Monday (June 15).