Oak Grove, KY – Trainer Ron Burke and driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. teamed for victories in the pair of Open events on Monday, March 30th, 2026,at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, winning the $30,000 Open Pace with odds-on favorite Tip Top Cat and later taking the $25,000 Open 2 Pace with mare Aintnothingucando.
In the Monday feature, Wrenn hustled Tip Top Cat out of post 6 and ground towards the lead after a :26.1 first quarter, pocketing stablemate Captain Arturovico (driven by Marcus Miller). Tip Top Cat cruised to the half in :55.2 and hit the pedal up the backstretch as Fox Valley Langely (Geremy Bobbitt) mounted a first-over challenge with Burnout (Austin Hanners) in tow. Wrenn kept Tip Top Cat to task through three-quarters in 1:22.1 and held a comfortable advantage rounding for home to coast in a 2-1/2-length winner. Admiral Hill (Atlee Bender) ripped from last to take second while Burnout kicked off cover and levelled off in third. Captain Arturovico gave chase in fourth.
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A 6-year-old gelding by Always B Miki, Tip Top Cat won his first race of the season and collected his 14th win from 80 starts, earning $649,334. He competes for owners Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Frank Canzone and Larry Karr. Sent the 4-5 favorite, he paid $3.80 to win.
Wrenn and Burke later posted another speedy victory with a rebound effort by Aintnothingucando for a narrow 1:51.4 win in the $25,000 Open 2 Pace. After cutting sensible opening fractions of :27.2 and :56.4, Aintnothingucando hit high gear up the backstretch when confronted by first-over Bonitas Best Bet (Marvin Luna) marching to three-quarters in 1:23.2. Bonitas Best Bet continued digging into Aintnothingucando all through the final quarter mile but came a nose short of the winner. Tarshish (Marcus Miller), the 6-5 favorite, closed from second over for third and pocket-sitter Miss Fancy Nancy (Atlee Bender) finished fourth.
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Winning her fifth race from 10 starts this season and her 17th race from 53 starts in her career, Aintnothingucando has now earned $201,365. The 4-year-old daughter of Odds On Equuleus competes for owners Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. She paid $6.60 to win.
Racing at Oak Grove resumes on Tuesday (March 31st) with a 13-race card headlined by the seventh race, a $30,000 Open Handicap Trot featuring a matchup between last week’s Open winner Drink Up Drink Up and debuting Indiana champion Ponda Jet. First-race post time at Oak Grove is 1:10pm CT.
