Race Horse Trainer Steve Asmussen Breaks Own Record at Remington Park
Race horse trainer Steve Asmussen, who set the record of 555 wins in 2004, broke his own record for most wins in a year Sunday when Prophesy won the first race at Remington Park to give the trainer victory number 556.
Steve Asmussen, who also trains reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, equaled the mark with 2 winners Saturday, and topped the record after 3-year-old gray filly Prophesy won by a half-length as the even-money favorite.
“We’ve had a tremendous year, made possible by some tremendous opportunities and my outstanding help,” race horse trainer Steve Asmussen said from the Fair Grounds, where he had several horses entered Sunday.
Curlin gave Steve Asmussen some of his biggest wins in 2008, taking the Stephen Foster Handicap, the Woodward Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Asmussen also trains Pyro, winner of the Risen Star Stakes and the Louisiana Derby.
Asmussen trains more than 200 race horses, and has stables at tracks around the country, including Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York and Texas. He trains claimers as well as Grade 1 stake horses.
“The success we’ve had with the Curlins and the Pyros has been fantastic,” Asmussen said. “But we came from a small, midwestern track, and I like to think that we remember where we came from.”
Asked about reaching 600 wins before the end of the year, he said “Churchill closes this week and Woodbine and Remington are right behind them, so there aren’t a lot of opportunities. Five-ninety, maybe.”
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"Race Horse Trainer Steve Asmussen Breaks Own Record at Remington Park" was posted on 23 November 2008 10:05 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Special Features, Trainers
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