With 10 entries on Sunday and needing only five wins to tie all-time win leader Dale Baird, trainer Steve Asmussen's relentless quest for win No. 9,446 could – mathematically at least – come become a reality by day's end.
Asmussen sits at 9,440 wins after Madame Ready won a maiden special weight race for the Hall of Fame horsemen in the eighth race at Ellis Park on Saturday. His seven other entries on the day at Ellis Park, Louisiana Downs, Monmouth Park and Saratoga failed to find the winner's circle.
On Sunday, the Gettysburg, S.D., native has three entered at Saratoga (including Jackie's Warrior in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes); five at Ellis Park (including two in one race) and two at Monmouth Park (including Tizplenty in the Colleen Stakes).
On Monday, Asmussen has three runners, one each at Louisiana Downs, Colonial Downs and Indiana Grand.
Asmussen began training in 1986 after a brief stint as a jockey. The two-time Eclipse Award winner been the national leader by yearly wins on numerous occasions and holds the all-time record for most victories in a single season, with 650 in 2009.
Baird recorded 9,445 victories before his death in an automobile accident in 2007, winning mostly at West Virginia tracks. Asmussen operates multiple stables throughout the country.
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