Little Expensive repeats

OAK GROVE, Ky. — Tyler Miller made a slick audible for the lead after the favorite broke stride to the quarter and powered on the muscle to a repeat harness racing win in the $30,000 Open Handicap Trot on Tuesday (May 19) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel with a 1:52.4 performance.

Miller floated towards the top out of post 7 with Little Expensive (Muscle Hill) as 7-5 favorite Jigger DK (driven by Marvin Luna) pushed for the lead before bobbling off stride nearing a :27 first quarter. Once Jigger DK was taken wide on a gallop, Miller stayed wide with Little Expensive and brushed forward to take the lead from DP Freedoms Chrome (Marcus Miller) moving through the stretch first time. Little Expensive cleared before a :56.2 half and accelerated comfortably to three-quarters in 1:24.1 before holding his ground in the lane to notch a half-length win in 1:52.4 over Dp Freedoms Chrome mounting an attack out of the pocket to ultimately finish second. Woman Of Passion (Devon Tharps) saved ground to take third and Tom’s Muscle (Josert Fonseca) closed from last for fourth.

LITTLE EXPENSIVE REPLAY

A 6-year-old gelding by Muscle Hill-Seviyorum, Little Expensive won his third race from five starts this season — all at the top class at Oak Grove — and his 21^st race from 67 starts, earning $414,066 for owners Andy Miller Stable, Jean Goehlen and Vip Internet Stable LLC. Julie Miller trains the gelding who paid $6.94 to win.

Live racing resumes at Oak Grove on Monday (May 25) with the wiener dog races coming back to town. Monday’s card will also feature a double carryover into the Late Pick 5, which covers Races 6-10, totaling $1,225.24. First-race post time is 1:10 p.m. (CDT). For more information, visit oakgrovegaming.com.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

from Oak Grove Racing Publicity