Topic: Steve Asmussen

Tapizar easily wins San Fernando at Santa Anita

Tapizar, a Kentucky Derby contender last year before a bone chip knocked him out of the Triple Crown chase, had a rousing start to his 4-year-old...

The Day at the Races: August 16

Racing over a sloppy strip, Union Rags cleaned up, taking Monday's Saratoga Special by 7-1/4 lengths.. . Besides the $90,000 winner's share of the...

The Day at the Races: August 15

In just her second career start, My Miss Aurelia became a stakes winner, and she earned it, fighting off Millionreasonswhy through the stretch to...
Tom Albertrani began his career as a hotwalker.. . Born in Brooklyn in 1958, Albertrani would head out to Belmont Park as a 13-year-old to walk...

The Day at the Races

Flat Out's making up for lost time.. . Sidelined for almost 21 months in his career with quarter cracks and an injured shoulder, the 5-year-old...

Bondy: Belmont hopefuls feel the heat

A sleek, million dollar thoroughbred, Shackleford, was standing in his stall Thursday morning cooled by a creaky, $29 fan.. . What else is there to...

Rachel Alexandra will not face Zenyatta in Blossom

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rachel Alexandra will not run in the Apple Blossom Invitational next month, ending the highly anticipated match-up against undefeated 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic champion Zenyatta.The move comes after Rachel Alexandra, the U.S. Horse of the Year in ...
Asmussen wins WVa Derby and Jim Dandy, sets sights on Haskell with Rachel AlexandraSteve Asmussen is working on a sweep of 3-year-old stakes races.The nation's leading trainer was a 3-year-old powerhouse Saturday, sending out long shot Soul Warrior to upset ...

Rachel Alexandra appears headed for Belmont Stakes

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The trainer of Preakness champion Rachel Alexandra hinted on Sunday that the filly would be headed for the Belmont Stakes in three weeks.Steve Asmussen spoke to the media just hours after Rachel Alexandra became the first filly in 85 ...
Triple Crown nominees total 401 _ including 4 fillies; Asmussen leads trainers with 25 nodsSteve Asmussen ended Todd Pletcher's four-year grip as the nation's top trainer, and now he's surpassed him with the most nominations to the Triple Crown ...