Tennessee media: Please note that iconic Nashville music manager Erv Woolsey is co-owner of the Arkansas Derby winner Super Stock and will have a horse in the Kentucky Derby.
Texas media: Please note that Keith and Marilyn Asmussen are from Laredo, Texas, where they own the El Primero training center that has produced so many world-class runners for other people. Super Stock made his second and third starts at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, including earning his first win in the $114,000 Texas Thoroughbred Futurity under apprentice jockey Keith Asmussen – trainer Steve Asmussen’s son and the family patriarch’s namesake.
Media: Please find below links to video interviews available for your use in any legitimate capacity. Videos shot by Jennie Rees, communications specialist for the Kentucky HBPA as part of our initiative to supplement racing content for news outlets on the run-up to the Kentucky Derby.
Steve Asmussen relates the twists of fate that led to Super Stock winning the $1 million, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby for his parents, Keith and Marilyn, and Nashville music manager Erv Woolsey.
Greg Foley talks about Louisiana Derby third-place finisher O Besos, and playing the waiting game to get into the Kentucky Derby. Shot Tuesday, April 13.
Trainer Kenny McPeek talks about his Preakness Stakes winner and 3-year-old champion Swiss Skydiver getting a rematch with two-time champion Monomoy Girl in Oaklawn Park’s Grade 1 Apple Blossom.
ICYMI: Kenny McPeek talks about King Fury, upset winner of Saturday’s Stonestreet Lexington. King Fury will run in the Derby if he can get in the 20-horse field; otherwise he’ll train up to the Preakness Stakes.
HBPA Kentucky Press Release
