Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel hosted the inaugural editions of the $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks on Preakness Saturday (May 16), which saw Spencer Hanover emerge supreme from a game stretch battle in the Oak Grove Trotting Derby as well as a powerhouse performance by Jailbird Jog to take the Oak Grove Trotting Oaks.
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Bartlett happy with ‘professional’ Spencer Hanover in Oak Grove Trotting Derby
Jason Bartlett likes what Spencer Hanover is capable of doing on the racetrack. He also likes what the horse doesn’t do.
Daley duo ready to go in inaugural Oak Grove Trotting Oaks
Naked And Famous is the type of horse that doesn’t take a lot of work to get ready to race, but she still surprised trainer Noel Daley with her track-record-setting seasonal debut on May 4 at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming in Kentucky.
OD Johnson gets first pari-mutuel victory at Oak Grove
Mother’s Day was a special day for O’Darius (OD) Johnson as the 20-year-old scored his first pari-mutuel win in the United States Harness Driving Club (USHDC) feature at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming on Sunday (May 10).
Burnout stuns in Oak Grove Open; Three Times Bettor cruises
The pair of $30,000 Open events at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Sunday (May 10) had starkly different payoff outcomes, but saw dominant performances from both Burnout and Three Times Bettor, who scored in the Open Pace and Fillies and Mares Open Pace respectively.
Bender wins record seven races at Oak Grove
After a record-breaking day of betting to open the 2026 Festival of Racing at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, driver Atlee Bender strung together an impressive day on Tuesday (May 5) to find the winner’s circle seven times, besting the previous local record of six wins in a day, set by Todd McCarthy last year.
Whitton a winner in USHDC feature
Cassidy Whitton guided her own Anns Marina Delray to a sharp 1:54.4 win in the USHDC feature at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (May 4).
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.
Star-studded Monday opens Oak Grove Festival of Racing
Less than 48 hours after Golden Tempo won the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, 3-year-old Standardbreds will take center stage on Monday (May 4) when a trio of eliminations each for the Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Oak Grove Trotting Oaks headline a blockbuster 15-race harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, which opens the fortnight-long Oak Grove Festival of Racing.
Premier Bluebird looks to soar at Oak Grove
Zach Miller doesn’t often travel out of state for stakes races, but when the opportunity came to send Premier Bluebird to the inaugural Oak Grove Trotting Derby in Kentucky, the Indiana-based trainer decided to take advantage of it.