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.
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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.
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.
Euro import Jigger DK surprises at Oak Grove
Trainer Jean-Pierre Dubois reunited on Tuesday (April 28) with Jigger DK, a trotter he bred that spent his career racing in Europe, to post a strong upset in the $30,000 featured Open Handicap Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel with a down-the-road effort in a 1:51.1 mile.
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.
Little Expensive game at Oak Grove; Bender wins five
Following a vicious rally into second at the top class in his seasonal bow last week, Little Expensive took the point and held his ground as the second choice in the betting to notch a 1:53.2 victory in the $30,000 Open Handicap Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (April 21).