Favourites Bath Bomb and Women Layer successfully scored sweeps of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) series with wins in their respective $138,889 finals on the Sunday, May 11 card at Oak Grove, which featured four finals for four-year-olds.

Bath Bomb opened the 13-race card with a powerful 1:49.4 lifetime-best win as the 1-4 favourite in the final for four-year-old pacing mares. Andy McCarthy circled the favourite to the point after a :26 first quarter set by Asweetbeachhere (Todd McCarthy) and carried her speed through the remainder. She clocked a :54.3 half and 1:23 three-quarters and held firm in a final-quarter sprint to stave off the pocket pop of Asweetbeachhere by a half length while Peace Talks (Dexter Dunn) gave chase and settled for third. Capytreach (Peter Wrenn) finished seven lengths farther back in fourth.

A daughter of Lather Up-Sangaal, Bath Bomb (pictured above), won her seventh race from 19 starts and has now earned $219,360 for owner Morrison Racing Stables. Per Engblom trains the $2.66 winner.

Later in the card, Women Layer and Todd McCarthy persevered from post eight to clock a virtually pillar-to-post win in the final for four-year-old pacing males. Women Layer crossed to the point through a :26.1 first quarter to pocket stablemate Lou Hill (Dexter Dunn), who followed intently from the two-hole through middle fractions of :54.1 and 1:21.3. Women Layer drifted off the final turn but maintained his advantage upon straightening, even while Lou Hill mustered a rally in late stretch, to win by a length in a lifetime best 1:49.2. Better Is Nice (Andy McCarthy) gave chase in third and Copperfield (Marcus Miller) closed for fourth.

Virgil Morgan Jr. trains Women Layer, a gelding by Sweet Lou-Loreenas Ruffian, for owners Let It Ride Stables, Douglas Overhiser, Jeff Fought Racing and Larry Wills. Women Layer won his 15th race from 24 starts and has now earned $486,079. He paid $4.10 to win.

Woman Of Passion, denied a series sweep by a neck loss in the first preliminary, crushed her competition in the final for four-year-old trotting mares with a 1:53.4 romp. Todd McCarthy grabbed the top with Woman Of Passion past a :27 first quarter and coasted through a :56.4 half and 1:25.1 three-quarters while Spy Coast (Dexter Dunn) attempted an attack from first-over. But Woman Of Passion gradually drew away through the final turn and sailed through the stretch to win by 5-1/4 lengths while Black Velvet As (Tony Hall) rallied from second-over for second. Spy Coast settled for third and Pisco Sour (Andy McCarthy) completed the superfecta.

Carter Pinske trains Woman Of Passion, a homebred daughter of Walner-Womans Will for Al Libfeld. Woman Of Passion won her 13th race from 27 starts and has now earned $414,499. She paid $2.92 to win.

Ways N Means pulled the lone upset of the four KYSS finals with an 8-1 victory in the event for four-year-old trotting males. Andy McCarthy elected to climb into the action first-up, settling Ways N Means in sixth through a :27.1 first quarter while 9-5 second choice Bargain (Dexter Dunn) swooped forward to the lead. Bargain took over control to a :56.4 half as Ways N Means inched along the rim to the backside and drew to within a length of the lead nearing three-quarters in 1:26. Once drawing to equal terms with Bargain, Ways N Means zipped forward and scooted away in the stretch drive to register a 2-1/4-length win in 1:53.4 chased by Ordained (Trace Tetrick), who followed the winner's cover for second. Bargain faded to third and Mister Dad (Todd McCarthy) took fourth.

A gelding by Muscle Mass-Mariongotchocolate trained by Paula Wellwood, Ways N Means won his seventh race from 28 starts and has now earned $239,328 for owners Dreamvill Stable and Harbor Racing Stable. He returned $18.40 to win.

A pair of Open Handicap Pace events highlighted the stakes undercard. Tip Top Cat (David Miller, 1:49.3; $6.54) stormed from last to first to win in the $45,833 Open while Kobes Gigi (Marvin Luna, 1:51.1; $4.76) rolled down the road to win in the $45,833 Fillies & Mares Open. Ron Burke trains Tip Top Cat, a five-year-old gelding by Always B Miki-Western Top Cat, for owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi, Frank Canzone and Larry Karr. Walter Haynes Jr. trains Kobes Gigi, a seven-year-old mare by JK Endofanera-Twin Oaks Tess, for owners Leander Schwartz and Black And White Stable.

Racing continues at Oak Grove on Monday, May 12, with a 13-race card headlined by the $33,000 USD Open Trot, carded as Race 6. First-race post time shifts at Oak Grove to 1:25 p.m. (CDT) for the remainder of the meet, with the exception of a 1:45 p.m. (CDT) post time for the Sunday, May 25 card.

(With files from Oak Grove Racing)