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From early on, breeder Ron Mersky had a really good feeling about Railee Something. Ever since then, the three-year-old trotting filly has done nothing to change Mersky’s opinion.

A much-anticipated rubber match between I Did It Myway and All Or Nothing — both two-time preliminary winners — headlines the culmination of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund four-year-old series on Monday, May 29 at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

Ronald Mersky's sophomore trotting filly Railee Something continued to strut her strength when again trouncing older competition to this time take the $15,000 featured trotting event at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel on Monday -- a day where yet another handle record was set at the young southwest Kentucky oval. 

While first-leg pacing winners I Did It Myway and Boudoir Hanover promise to be heavy favourites in their respective $50,000 second-round Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF) stakes events for four-year-olds on Monday, May 1 at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, Iwont Backdown As will have a host of fresh competition looking to topple him in the male trot.

Trainer Tony Alagna swept both pacing divisions of the first round of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund series for four-year-olds when I Did It Myway and Boudoir Hanover powered to victory in their respective $50,000 events on Sunday (April 23) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel. Iwont Backdown As and Eternal Lee won the trotting divisions.

I Did It Myway and Boudoir Hanover, top-three finishers in the Breeders Crown in their three-year-old season, are poised to kick off their 2023 campaigns on a high note in the first round of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund series for four-year-olds.

Eternal Lee withstood sustained pressure before drawing clear to a 1:58 win in the featured $24,000 Open Trot on Sunday's (April 16) meet-opening harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.