Oak Grove, KY — 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. A few races later, 1-9 favorite Three Times Bettor (Dexter Dunn) tightened the screws for her $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final on Preakness Saturday (May 16) with a 1:50.1 jog in the co-featured $30,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace. Dunn, flying into town for only two drives on the day, circled the Brett Pelling trainee to the top after a :26.4 first quarter and gradually quickened while peeling away from the competition. She clocked a :55 half and 1:23.1 three-quarters and widened all the way to a 5-1/4-length win under wraps over Yankee B Something (Geremy Bobbit), who gave pursuit from a pocket ride in second. Bonitas Best Bet (Brandon Bates) saved ground to take third and Lyin’ Eyes (Joey Putnam) folded from a first-over push into the last turn for fourth. Thaddeus Weir owns Three Times Bettor, a 4-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight-Three Times A Lady. The mare won her 11th race from 19 starts and has now banked $213,814 in her career. She paid $2.22 to win.

Anderson, IN — Finding another gear late, Hunterton Born, Raised and Sold, Drink Up Drink Up driven by Brandon Bates for trainer Walter Haynes Jr. returned to winning ways downing the $22,000 Open Trot at Hoosier on Saturday (May 9). Starting the race competitively, the field moved four wide as the trotters fought for the lead. Eventually from his assigned post four, Drink Up Drink Up found the rail in third as Ponda Jet (Kyle Wilfong) beat out Cs Flying Co-pilot (Marcus Miller) to lead the field at the first quarter in :26.2. Trotting down the back stretch, the field grew stagnant in a single file line through the halfway mark in :55.3. Content with their position at this point in the race, the six-horse field remained unchanged to the three-quarter pole, led by Ponda Jet in 1:25.1. The first bit of action since the start of the race came from Finite (Trace Tetrick) in fifth, who broke the silence first-over before flushing Drink Up Drink Up. Heading into the stretch, Drink Up Drink Up glided past Cs Flying Co-pilot, leaving only Ponda Jet in his way of a winner’s circle visit. Continuing that momentum, Drink Up Drink Up chugged along the outside to beat out the post time favorite Ponda Jet by a length to the wire in 1:53.1. Ponda Jet settled for second, while Famous Father got up for third. The Trixton gelding, Drink Up Drink Up, is owned by Adam Friedland and Brian Carsey. Drink Up Drink Up added his fourth win of the season to increase his lifetime earnings to $421,058. Drink Up Drink Up paid $11.60 to win.

Yonkers, NY – Hunterton Sold Tarapasta looked hopelessly boxed in coming into the homestretch, but Matt Kakaley was able to find a seam at the head of the stretch, and the 6-year-old Downbytheseaside mare kicked into overdrive to capture Friday’s (May 8) $456,000 Grade 2 MGM Ursula McIntyre Series final at MGM Yonkers Raceway at a stunning 25-1. Tarapasta, trained by Travis Alexander for owner Greg Luther Racing LLC., completed the mile and a quarter distance in 2:23, winning by a length over Coastal Babe N, with 1-10 favorite Louies Girl N settling for third. Kakaley had Tarapasta energized early, leaving strongly ahead of Louies Girl N on the opening bend. Coastal Babe N, with Yannick Gingras, left hard and needed nearly the first quarter before supplanting Tarapasta in a :28.2 opening fraction. Jason Bartlett wanted no part of a three-hole, and he moved Louies Girl N on the second turn, assuming control at the half in :56.4. After Louies Girl N had the top, she cut three-quarters in 1:25.2 and was put to some pressure when Millwood Bliss N moved without cover on the backstretch for the final time. Still, Louies Girl N looked to have control of the race past the mile marker in 1:54 and entering the final turn with Coastal Babe N locked along the pylons and Tarapasta sitting third without room. When Seaside Diva, with Scott Zeron, struggled to keep with Millwood Bliss N coming into the stretch, Kakaley seized the opportunity and quickly angled Tarapasta wide. The rest was history as Tarapasta overpowered a struggling Louies Girl N and won going away. Tick A Loch A rallied wide for the fourth spot. Tarapasta returned $52.72 to win and keyed a $169.94 exacta and a $340.78 trifecta. “Travis has done a superb job with her,” said Kakaley. “She’s been super. I’ve been along for the ride.” In the $100,000 McIntyre consolation, favored Walkin On Sunshine and driver Scott Zeron were up in the final strides for the victory in 2:23.3 for the added distance. A 6-year-old by Always A Virgin, Walkin On Sunshine just nailed second choice Bath Bomb with Andrew McCarthy driving. Zeron had Walkin On Sunshine away quickly from post five and out-sprinted Bath Bomb into the opening turn. Following a soft :29.1 opening quarter, McCarthy moved Bath Bomb to the front. Once in control Bath Bomb stayed in front through a half in :58.1 and three-quarters in 1:27.3. With Turn The Page N and Ron Cushing beginning an outer flow at that point, followed by Rocket Deo, Bath Bomb picked up the pace noticeably with a 28 second fourth quarter, reaching the mile in 1:55.3 and making it a virtual two-mare race. Zeron tipped Walkin On Sunshine from the pocket late on the final turn and needed a solid drive to narrow the gap and eventually overtake a determined Bath Bomb. Rocket Deo and Todd McCarthy rallied late for the third spot, with Fearless Ginger fourth across the wire. Walkin On Sunshine is owned by Maynard Miller, Daniel Lehman and Michael Yoder and is trained by Brett Pelling. As the favorite, Walkin On Sunshine returned $3.86 to win and keyed a $7.36 exacta and a $41 trifecta. Walkin On Sunshine won for the 30th time in her racing career and pushed her lifetime earnings above $705,000.

Oak Grove, KY – Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel carried the fervor from a historic running of the Kentucky Derby into 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. Crack Shot (Doug McNair) delivered a snug 1:51.3 win at 1-9 odds in the first KYSS division for pacing males. McNair circled the heavy favorite to the lead after a :27.1 first quarter and strolled through middle splits of :55.3 and 1:23.3 before wrapping up the mile an easy winner by 1-1/2 lengths. Somelousomewhere (Tim Tetrick) closed first-over for second with Captain Arturovico (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) rallying off a ground-saving trip for third and pocket-sitter Delray Beach (Todd McCarthy) tiring to fourth. Winning in his seasonal debut, Crack Shot collected his 12th victory from 25 starts and has now earned $563,733 for co-owner Gregg McNair, who also trains the son of Bettor’s Delight-Beautyonthebeach, and partners Dale Hunter, Frank Brundle and George Kerr. He paid $2.18 to win.

Oak Grove, KY – Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel carried the fervor from a historic running of the Kentucky Derby into 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. Unreasonable (Dexter Dunn) vaulted off a helmet to score the faster win of the two KYSS splits for 4-year-old pacing mares with a 1:49.1 effort as the 3-5 favorite. Dunn bided his time while Duration (David Miller) sped to the point and cut quick fractions of :26, :54.2 and 1:21.1 before slowing for home. Odds On Chesapeake (Todd McCarthy) pulled off the pylons from third moving to the final turn and reached for the pacesetter while Dunn, perching onto her cover, launched three wide through the last turn and hit her best stride into the lane. Unreasonable pushed past her rivals and crossed the line 1-1/4 lengths better than Odds On Chesapeake while Champagne Room (Yannick Gingras) shook free from a locked-pocket trip for third. Duration held fourth. Andrew Harris trains Unreasonable, a daughter of Huntsville -Roaring To Go, for owner Punisher 11 Stable LLC. She won her 13th race from 28 starts, earning $771,634 in her career, and paid $3.44 to win.

Oak Grove, KY – Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel carried the fervor from a historic running of the Kentucky Derby into 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. Chris Beaver pupil Endurance (driven by Andy McCarthy), who set the track record for 2-year-old trotting colts last year, added another Oak Grove track record to his resume with a fierce 1:51.3 effort in his seasonal debut, muscling first-up for the win in the third of three $50,000 eliminations for the Oak Grove Trotting Derby. McCarthy waited in third with the 1-2 favorite while Big Ranger (Ronnie Gillespie) hustled to lead in a :27.1 first quarter and continued through a :56 half, at which point Endurance angled off the pylons and built his momentum in the backstretch. Endurance hit his best stride after three-quarters in 1:23 and collared Big Ranger coming off the final turn before spurting away for a 1-1/2-length win over AI (Yannick Gingras), who popped off a pocket trip for second. Nix Nacken (Dexter Dunn) earned the last berth into the final in third and Big Ranger tired to fourth. Lowering the previous track record set last year by Yannick G Kemp of 1:52.3, Endurance added a seventh win to his card from nine starts and has now earned $582,450 for owners Super Endurance Stable, Bill Manes, Leo Fleming and Mark Moger. The colt by Captain Corey -Love Session paid $3.18 to win.

Oak Grove, KY – Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel carried the fervor from a historic running of the Kentucky Derby into 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. Yo Tillie (Todd McCarthy) emerged the top performer from the seven divisions of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) second preliminary on the Monday undercard with a track-record equaling 1:51.4 mile to win the lone $50,000 division for 4-year-old trotting mares. She worked past a revved Winnpanzee (Yannick Gingras) to the lead in a :26.3 first quarter and continued at a solid clip of :55.1 and 1:23 all while Winnpanzee followed intently from second. R Dutchess (Tim Tetrick) mounted a first-over bid but plateaued into the lane, locking Winnpanzee in the pocket until the final sixteenth. She attempted a late attack on Yo Tillie but came calling too late as McCarthy crossed the line a measured winner by three-quarters of a length. R Dutchess held third and Best Friends Girl (David Miller) finished fourth. Equaling the track record for aged trotting mares set three years ago by Yanaba, Yo Tillie won her 21st race from 26 starts, earning $1.33 million. Andrew Harris trains the daughter of Tactical Landing -Consolidator for owner Punisher 11 Stable LLC. She paid $2.62 to win.

Oak Grove, KY — Trainer Andrew Harris brought his star trotting mare Hunterton Sold Yo Tillie back to her old stomping grounds of Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel for her 4-year-old bow and comfortably found the winner’s circle as the 2-5 favorite in the lone $50,000 dash of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for trotting mares on Monday (April 27). R Dutchess (driven by Tim Tetrick) fired for the lead inside of Yo Tillie (Todd McCarthy) and relinquished controls to the favorite past a :27.1 first quarter. Yo Tillie coasted to a :57.4 half and gradually upped the tempo into the backstretch as Winnpanzee (Yannick Gingras) advanced uncovered out of fourth. Winnpanzee reached for the leader passing three-quarters in 1:25.4 and remained at her throat into the stretch, but Yo Tillie easily staved off the pressure in a sprint to the finish of a 1:53.2 mile for the win by a half length. Voguish (Dexter Dunn) saved ground for third and R Dutchess settled for fourth. Yo Tillie, a winner in a KYSS series at Oak Grove as a 2-year-old when campaigned by Verlin Yoder, competes for owners William Pollock, Bruce Areman and Andrew Harris. The daughter of Tactical Landing won her 20th race from 25 starts, has now earned $1,309,495 and paid $2.94 to win. Team Harris also opened the day’s KYSS action with a victory by recent acquisition Unreasonable, who also won in a KYSS series at Oak Grove, but as a 3-year-old. The now 4-year-old daughter of Huntsville ground uncovered on the rim after steep fractions of :26 and :54.1 cut by Duration (David Miller) and into a sprint to three-quarters in 1:21.1 before surging to the front and holding her ground for a 1:49.2 win as the 2-5 favorite. Rose (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) burst free from a pocket trip to finish a fast-closing second with Odds On Chesapeake (Todd McCarthy) rallying from second over for third. Pacesetter Duration tired to fourth. Unreasonable won her 12th race from 27 starts and added to her bankroll now worth $726,634. She’s owned by William Pollock, Bruce Areman and Andrew Harris and paid $2.86 to win. Brett Pelling pupil Three Times Bettor (Dexter Dunn) scored in the other KYSS division for 4-year-old pacing mares. Dunn circled his charge to the lead after a :26.2 first quarter and comfortably cut middle fractions of :55.3 and 1:22 in progress to a 1:49.1 victory by 2-1/4 lengths over pocket-chaser Champagne Room (Yannick Gingras). Caviart Delight (Todd McCarthy) followed in third and The Last Martini (Doug McNair) finished best of the rest in fourth. Three Times Bettor, a daughter of Bettor’s Delight, won her 10th race from 18 starts for owner Thaddeus Wier and has now earned $198,814. She paid $4.38 to win. Higher Ground (David Miller) foiled a potential Ron Burke sweep of the KYSS events for 4-year-old pacing horses and geldings when downing 6-5 favorite Harrisburg Heist (Yannick Gingras) in the closing strides of a 1:50.3 mile in the first division. After Harrisburg Heist posted splits of :27.1 and :56.1 on the lead, Miller lifted Higher Ground out of fourth and fired forward to press the leader to three-quarters in 1:22.3. Higher Ground persisted against the pacesetter spinning for home and eventually edged past in the closing strides for a half-length win. Harrisburg Heist held second while Fusion (Todd McCarthy) rallied from second over for third and Bourbon County (Doug McNair) gave chase in fourth. Michael Hitchcock trains Higher Ground, a gelding by Always B Miki , for owners William Hartt and H & H Stable. He won his fifth race from nine starts this season and his ninth race from 31 starts in his career, earning $199,107. He paid $11.12 to win. Burke trainee Banderas (Yannick Gingras) later delivered with authority in the second KYSS split for 4-year-old pacing males in a 1:50 mile as the 1-5 favorite. Gingras looped the chalk to the point after a :26.2 first quarter cut by Delray Beach (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) and carried his speed to a :54.3 half and 1:22.2 three-quarters. Confronted by first-over Handsome Stranger (Andy McCarthy) moving to the last turn, Gingras gave Banderas the cue to sprint and he promptly peeled away from the competition to register a 3-1/2-length win. Delray Beach held second with Somelousomewhere (Tim Tetrick) rallying from second over for third and Handsome Stranger settled for fourth. A son of Tall Dark Stranger , Banderas bagged his fourth win from five starts this season and his ninth win from 36 starts in his career, earning $258,634. He’s owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC, Frank Canzone, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Joe Di Scala Jr. and paid $2.28 to win. Carter Pinske’s speedy son of Greenshoe , Go Dog Go (Todd McCarthy), took top honors of the two KYSS splits for 4-year-old trotting horses and geldings with a game 1:52.4 win in his seasonal debut. McCarthy floated forward and took the lead briefly past a :28 first quarter and soon got looped by longshot Youngblood (Archie Buford) heading past three-eighths, prompting McCarthy to slip off the pylons and retake the lead heading to a :57 half. Once back in front, Go Dog Go strode comfortably to three-quarters in 1:24.2 and to a 2-1/4-length victory in a 1:52.4 mile chased by Gimpanzee Dancer (David Miller), who made a big three-wide brush up the backstretch and settled for second. Royal Comet (Marvin Luna) closed for third and Boots N Beer (Joey Putnam) rallied for fourth. Go Dog Go, an eight-time winner from 23 starts, has now earned $636,234 for owners Wiesman Farms LLC and Al Libfeld. He paid $3.42 to win. My Degenerate (Tyler Miller) went down the road from the widest draw in the other KYSS split for 4-year-old trotting horses and geldings to pull a slight upset in 1:53.3. He crossed to the lead after a :27 first quarter and faced little threat through middle sectionals of :56.2 and 1:24.2 before sealing the win by three lengths. Vugoo (David Miller) charged furiously from last to take second while pocket-sitter Onemore Volo (Todd McCarthy) held third and Herecomesdajudge (Andy McCarthy) took fourth. Julie Miller trains My Degenerate, a gelding by Muscle Hill , for owners Knutsson Trotting Inc., Little E LLC, Lindy Farms of Connecticut and Andy Miller Stable Inc. He won his eighth race from 29 starts, earning $362,006, and paid $14.06 to win. The Monday card at Oak Grove also featured a pair of $25,000 prep races for the Oak Grove Trotting Oaks, which will have eliminations alongside the inaugural Oak Grove Trotting Derby next Monday (May 4). Anthony MacDonald and Eric Patalan swept the pair of preps with Jailbird Jog (1:54 winning mile, $2.52 to win) and Degas (1:53.4, $27.62) winning. Jailbird Jog, a daughter of Tactical Landing , races for owners Thestable Jailbird Jog, P23 Bloodstock and Hutchison Harness LCC, and Degas competes for owner Thestable Degas Group. Racing at Oak Grove resumes on Tuesday (April 28) with a 14-race card headlined by a $30,000 Open Handicap Trot, carded as Race 6. First-race post time at Oak Grove is 1:10 p.m. (CDT). For more information, visit oakgrovegaming.com. And for more information on the upcoming Oak Grove Festival of Racing, visit oakgrovederby.com .

Oak Grove, KY – Breeders Crown and Dan Patch Award winner Hunterton Sold 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. Yo Tillie won 11 of 12 starts and racked up $979,195 in purses in her sophomore season for trainer Andrew Harris, who shares ownership with William Pollock and Bruce Areman. Among those wins were her lifetime-best 1:50.2 score in the $250,000 New Jersey Classic final at the Meadowlands, a 1:51 win in the $400,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final at the Red Mile, and her season-ending 1:51.3 victory in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The daughter of Tactical Landing -Consolidator has been installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite in the lone KYSS preliminary for 4-year-old trotting mares, which is carded as Race 11, and usual driver Todd McCarthy will line up behind her from post 6 in the nine-horse field. Among the eight mares Yo Tillie will face are 2025 Grade 3 Simcoe winner and Grade 1 Kentucky Filly Futurity runner-up R Dutchess (post 5, Tim Tetrick, 5-1) and 2025 fall Kentucky Sire Stakes series champ Winnpanzee (post 4, Yannick Gingras, 6-1). Another millionaire will make her 4-year-old stakes debut in Race 7 when Glenview Livestock’s The Last Martini will line up as the 2-1 morning line favorite in the second of two KYSS prelims for 4-year-old pacing mares. The Huntsville -Martinique mare won six times as a sophomore, including her dead-heat 1:49.2 triumph with Dan Patch Award winner Miki And Minnie in the $600,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace and her front-stepping 1:55 score in the $300,000 New York Sire Stakes championship. Doug McNair will drive The Last Martini from post 3 for trainer Jared Bako. In addition to the first round of the spring Kentucky Sire Stakes series, 13 sophomore trotting fillies will contest a pair of $25,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks prep races — carded as Races 6 and 9 — in advance of next Monday’s (May 4) eliminations for both the Oaks and the Oak Grove Trotting Derby. The finals, worth a combined $800,000, head a blockbuster card of harness racing at the southwest Kentucky venue on Saturday, May 16. First-race post time for this week’s pair of 14-race cards, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday (April 28), is 1:10 p.m. (CDT). For more information on racing at Oak Grove, including free past performance pages and race-by-race analysis from Ray Cotolo, visit oakgrovegaming.com . And for more information on the upcoming Oak Grove Festival of Racing, visit oakgrovederby.com .