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Oh Look Magic quickly separated to a class of his own in taking the top-class trot -- the $41,096 Open -- at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (April 30). 

Just For Trix made a successful seasonable bow despite a first-over grind to claim victory in the $40,541 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday afternoon (April 2). 

The second session of three-year-olds went behind the gate in the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Oct. 2) and the close competition produced five new lifetime marks, only two winning favourites and seven different trainers each winning one division over the lightning fast track.

Mambacita completed a series sweep with a track record-equaling performance in the $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday (July 4) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, while Charleston, Allegiant and Tip Top Cat all broke divisional track records in their respective finals on a blockbuster Independence Day card.

OAK GROVE, KY — Mambacita (Tactical Landing-Bill's Lady) completed a series sweep with a track record-equaling harness racing performance in the $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old harness racing trotting fillies on Tuesday (July 4) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, while Charleston, Allegiant and Tip Top Cat all broke divisional track records

Wayne Oke trainee Stride The Hill found his way back to the winner's circle of the top class at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, taking the $35,000 Open Trot going coast to coast in 1:54.1 on Monday (June 26).

A pair of prospects for TheStable and the team of trainer Eric Patalan and driver Anthony MacDonald visited the winner's circle for the second preliminary of Kentucky Sire Stakes for freshmen on Sunday (June 25) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

First-round winners Lupin K, Highway Queen and Arson lead the 22 rookies slated to compete in their respective $25,000 second-round Kentucky Sire Stakes events on Sunday (June 25) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, but some new arrivals to the series promise to pose significant threats.

Trainer Melanie Wrenn took top honours on Tuesday's (June 20) Western Kentucky State Fair program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel, accounting for three of the afternoon's 17 winners in Kentucky Proud Series competition.

Driver Dexter Dunn launched Nancy Takter trainee Diamondsnpearls to the fore and fired a track-record mile in the lone $25,000 division of Kentucky Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday (June 13) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.