As the 2026 season of harness racing at Oak Grove continues to show strengthened growth in handle, the Monday (May 18) card saw a record amount bet in a single pool at Oak Grove when a $17,000 Pick-4 carryover from the Oak Grove Trotting Derby card attracted gamblers in droves.
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Oak Grove posts best handle week in track’s history
The seventh week of the 2026 harness racing season at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel proved to be an all-time best week in the track’s six-year history after crushing its single-card handle record on Monday (May 4) and carrying strong wagering growth into Tuesday (May 5), making it the best week of handle ever at 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.
Wild Oak Grove Tuesday spurs carryovers galore into Monday
Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel offered exciting racing from different angles in the sixth week of the meet with the elite of the sport coming to compete in opening-round stakes action on Monday (April 27) and longshot players finding plenty of opportunities on the Tuesday (April 28) card, which saw nearly all of the day’s multi-race wagers go unsolved.
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.
Oak Grove handle gains continue through three weeks
In just the third week of the 2026 harness racing meet at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, a typical 12-race card of overnight races for the southern Kentucky oval generated the third highest betting handle in the track’s six-year history.
Bettors continue to show for Oak Grove meet’s second week
Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel exited the second week of the 2026 harness racing meet riding on strong momentum as gamblers churned through the betting windows to propel the southern Kentucky racetrack to more year-over-year gains.