Current Tag: Steve Asmussen
Speedy Echo Zulu registers 92 Beyer in debut win
POSTED: July 17, 2021
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Echo Zulu asserted herself as a rising star with a 5 ½-length debut triumph in a...
Geo Sette hits the Jersey Shore with sights on the TVG Haskell
POSTED: July 16, 2021
Our man Geo Sette is ready for his big day at Monmouth Park on the Jersey shore. As usual Geo does his deep dive dissection...
MATCH Series continues with invaders challenging local contingent at Pimlico with two exciting holiday stakes
POSTED: July 2, 2021
BALTIMORE, Md. - The local contingent will meet invaders with strong credentials as the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Series (MATCH) continues with two $100,000 divisional stakes July...
Belmont Park, Thistledown and Churchill Downs comprise Saturday’s all-stakes Cross Country Pick 5
POSTED: June 24, 2021
The New York Racing Association Inc. [NYRA] will host a Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday featuring stakes action from Belmont Park, Thistledown and Churchill...
Grade 1 winner Basin looking to pull upset in Saturday’s Salvator Mile
POSTED: June 12, 2021
Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun arrives at Monmouth OCEANPORT, N.J. – It isn’t often that a Grade 1 winner trainer by Todd Pletcher gets overlooked in...
OAKLAWN ANNOUNCES MONUMENTAL SHIFT IN ITS RACING CALENDAR
POSTED: June 7, 2021
HOT SPRINGS, AR (June 7, 2021) – In yet another historic move for the 117-year-old track, Oaklawn will now add December race dates to its...
Silver State streaks to victory in G1 Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan
POSTED: June 5, 2021
BELMONT, N.Y. – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s Silver State, expertly handled by Ricardo Santana, Jr. for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, extended...
Asmussen ‘Expecting a very good run’ from Midnight Bourbon
POSTED: May 14, 2021
BALTIMORE, Md.—Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Midnight Bourbon galloped over the Pimlico surface the day before Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1). Irad Ortiz Jr. will be aboard for the...
It's still the Preakness, and somebody will win it
POSTED: May 13, 2021
It's still the second jewel of the Triple Crown Controversy surrounds the Preakness, but there will be a winner and our Geo Sette does his...