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Steven M. Asmussen

Statistics by Year:
 

Category Starters Starts Starts/Starter 1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter
Dirt 399 1119 2.8 155 153 140 13.85% 40.04% $12,407,640 $11,088 $31,097
Turf 107 191 1.79 18 27 27 9.42% 37.7% $1,352,239 $7,080 $12,638
All Weather 23 43 1.87 9 4 5 20.93% 41.86% $421,291 $9,797 $18,317
Total 439 1353 3.08 182 184 172 13.45% 39.76% $14,181,170 $10,481 $32,303
  
Graded Stakes 34 66 1.94 10 7 7 15.15% 36.36% $3,946,465 $59,795 $116,073
Black-type Stakes 73 153 2.1 26 23 15 16.99% 41.83% $6,110,111 $39,935 $83,700
Two-year-olds 42 64 1.52 11 8 12 17.19% 48.44% $849,327 $13,271 $20,222
Claiming 146 334 2.29 41 46 38 12.28% 37.43% $1,315,838 $3,940 $9,013
First-time starters 90 90 11 9 10 12.22% 33.33% $783,861 $8,710 $8,710
Name: Steven M. Asmussen
Trainer Bio

Asmussen grew up in a racing family, spent a few seasons as a jockey and in a 25-year career has developed into one of the top trainers in the country. He won the Eclipse Award as the outstanding trainer in 2008 and again in 2009 with a record 622 victories. At the end of 2011 he ranked fifth in both career victories and purse money earned. Asmussen operates a large stable of some 200 horses with divisions in New York, Chicago, Kentucky, Texas and Louisiana and is a perennial leader in victories in a season. He trained the Horse of the Year for three consecutive seasons: Curlin in 2007 and 2008 and the filly Rachel Alexandra in 2009. Both of those horses were purchased by owner Jess Jackson, who died in April 2011, and transferred to Asmussen's care. In 2011, his many stakes winners included the unbeaten 2-year-old filly champion My Miss Aurelia. In 2009, he handled the champion male sprinter, Kodiak Kowboy. Asmussen's parents, Keith and Marilyn, are both trainers, and his older brother Cash was a top rider in Europe for many years and now is a trainer.

Bio information provided by America’s Best Racing @ www.followhorseracing.com

Top 10 Winning Horses - Past 12 months

Horse Sex Current Earnings Best Win Race Class Best Win Stake
Society Filly $445,000 Grade 1 winner Ballerina H. G1
Tiztastic Colt $1,557,300 Grade 2 winner Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby G2
Cogburn Colt $1,184,900 Grade 2 winner Ainsworth Turf Sprint S. G2
Zeitlos Filly $554,738 Grade 2 winner Thoroughbred Club of America S. G2
Magnitude Colt $547,965 Grade 2 winner Fasig-Tipton Risen Star S. G2
Booth Colt $733,149 Grade 3 winner Count Fleet Sprint H. G3
Lagynos Colt $548,018 Grade 3 winner Commonwealth Turf S. G3
Hall of Fame Colt $446,835 Grade 3 winner Mineshaft S. Presented by Relyne GI By Hagyard G3
Red Route One Colt $357,632 Grade 3 winner Essex H. G3
Extra Anejo Colt $330,185 Grade 3 winner Commonwealth S. G3
Horse Sex Earnings Best Race Class Best Stake
Curlin Colt $10,374,000 Horse of the year Preakness S. G1
Rachel Alexandra Filly $2,548,376 Horse of the year BlackBerry Preakness S. G1
Gun Runner Colt $15,988,500 Horse of the year Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. G1
Midnight Bisou Filly $13,430,520 Champion older dirt female Cotillion S. G1
Untapable Filly $3,926,625 Champion 3-year-old filly Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff G1
Mitole Colt $3,104,910 Champion male sprinter Breeders' Cup Sprint G1
Jackie's Warrior Colt $2,959,164 Champion male sprinter Churchill Downs S. presented by Ford G1
Epicenter Colt $2,940,639 Champion 3-year-old colt Runhappy Travers S. G1
Echo Zulu Filly $2,640,375 Champion 2-year-old filly NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies G1
My Miss Aurelia Filly $2,437,000 Champion 2-year-old filly Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies G1
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