Driver Tony Hall struck with Dale Yeah as the iron cooled and mounted a successful blitz to storm home to a 1:50.1 win in the $54,795 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Sunday, July 13.

Leaving from post four in the field scratched to five, Hall settled Dale Yeah into third early as 3-5 favourite Later Dudes (Devon Tharps) hustled forward to take the lead into a :26.4 first quarter. As Later Dudes dialled back the tempo to a :56.1 half, Hall lifted Dale Yeah into action and thrusted him towards the leader on backstretch. Dale Yeah surged to put a head in front of Later Dudes and kept a slight advantage to the outside in the sprint to three-quarters in 1:23.1. Later Dudes wavered from the pressure turning for home while Dale Yeah scurried farther away from the competition, crossing the line 2-1/2 lengths in front. Tip Top Cat (Pat Curtin) rallied from a second-over ride for second with Later Dudes holding third and Out To Get Lucky (Tony Dinges) taking fourth.

A four-year-old gelding by Tellitlikeitis-Mystical Victress, Dale Yeah matched his lifetime-best performance in collecting his fourth win from 12 starts this season and his 10th victory in 33 starts in his career. Wayne Oke trains the winner of $379,285 for owners Mulligan Stables and Calcutta Stable LLC. He paid $6.24 to win.

Angel Hill (Joey Putnam) successfully invaded Oak Grove from her home base in Indiana to capture the spoils of the $54,795 Fillies and Mares Open Pace. Putnam powered the five-year-old daughter of Racing Hill-Beach Party Hill to the lead from post eight through a :26 first quarter and cruised through a hot-but-steady tempo of :54.1 and 1:22.2. Angel Hill spun for home fatigued, but Putnam kept the inside locked for long enough to stave off pocket-sitter Bath Bomb (Tharps) by three-quarters of a length at the end of a 1:51.2 mile. Jada Caroline (Atlee Bender) continued pushing from a first-over grind for third while Yankee B Something (Marcus Miller) rallied from second-over for fourth. The winner returned $5.02.

Tyler George trains Angel Hill, a seven-time winner from 10 races this season and a 16-time winner from 38 starts in her career, for Thunder Racing Stables Inc. She has now earned $209,922 in her career.

Trainer Erv Miller, seeking to repeat as leading trainer at Oak Grove, further solidified his spot atop the standings with three wins on Sunday. He sent Fox Valley Jasmine (Marcus Miller, 1:53.1, $2.90), Gigis Dream (Marcus Miller, 1:52, $2.40), and Number Cruncher (Marcus Miller, 1:51.1, $2.76) to victories on the 13-race card. Erv Miller has racked up 103 tallies so far this year and is winning at a 24.8 per cent clip.

Racing continues at Oak Grove on Monday with eight finals of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for two- and three-year-olds of both gaits and sexes, with total purses for that day close to $1 million USD. Monday's card — the penultimate of the 2025 season — also features a $10,000 guaranteed pool in the 20-cent Pick 5, which starts in Race 4, spurred by a carryover worth $1,962.04. First-race post time at Oak Grove is 1:25 p.m. (CDT). 

(With files from Oak Grove)