Gun Runner was Gun Runner and the result was a dazzling Breeders’ Cup Classic win; in other BC races, Midlantic-breds struggled.
Trainer Steve Asmussen earned the $50,000 bonus from Pimlico for his horses’ performances in Preakness weekend stakes.
Locals entered Black-Eyed Susan day’s four graded stakes with high hopes, but out-of-towners recorded a clean sweep.
Trainer Steve Asmussen will saddle two runners in the Preakness — and seven others in weekend stakes at Pimlico.
Trainer Steve Asmussen may bring a pair of runners from the Kentucky Derby to Baltimore for the Preakness: runner-up Lookin At Lee and 11th place finisher Hence.
Several potential Preakness rivals for Always Dreaming have begun to emerge, including potentially three from the Kentucky Derby.
Friday’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony was about the ways in which flaws and fallibility help to define greatness – even on the fast track to the Hall.
Thirty years ago, a struggling young trainer won a state-bred stake at Charles Town. Now, Steve Asmussen and the West Virginia Breeders Classics are still going strong.
Kentucky Derby show horse Gun Runner will skip Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, trainer Steve Asmussen said today.
The Hall of Fame’s 2016 class includes racehorses Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, jockey Ramon Dominguez, and trainer Steve Asmussen.