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Unified Colt Fastest At OBS March Sale’s Opening Under Tack Session Sponsored by: Hip 163, a Unified colt out of Promise Me a Cat, breezes a quarter in :20 2/5 seconds during the OBS March under-tack show. Hip No. 163, a son of Unified consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, worked a quarter in :20 2/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The dark bay or brown colt is out of stakes winner Promise Me a Cat, by D'wildcat, from the fam...

Another Milestone For Asmussen: 700 Career Wins At Oaklawn Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen became the second trainer to reach 700 career victories at Oaklawn when even-money favorite Swiftsure captured Saturday's seventh race at under Ricardo Santana Jr. Asmussen entered the 2021 Oaklawn meeting that began Friday with 696 career victories at the Hot Springs, Ark., track. He saddled one winner Friday and added victories in Saturday's fourth race with favored Jalen Journey ($4.40) and sixth race, the $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes, with favored Silver S...

Share Destined for stardom: Little did anyone know at the time, but young Cash (left) and Steve Asmussen had such big futures When I was younger, working in the racing industry in Europe, the name Asmussen meant only one thing: Cash. He was a superstar there for two decades, every bit as successful in France at that time as his compatriot Steve Cauthen was in Britain. Five times Cash was France’s champion jockey. He was an Arc winner, he won four French Derbys and every French Classic at least once, and more than 70 G1s worldwide. If there had been a TRC Global Rankings back then, he wo...

Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen A journey that began in November 1995 when Valid Expectations won the Old Hickory reached its zenith on Saturday at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., as trainer Steve Asmussen set a remarkable milestone, winning his 100th career stakes at the local oval when Team Hanley and Parkland Thoroughbreds' Joy's Rocket beat Mariah's Princess by 1 ½ lengths in the $75,000 Letellier Memorial for 2-year-old fillies. Joy's Rocket had shown plenty of speed in her first five starts but settled into an outside stalking position under Ricardo Santa...