One week ago, Steve Asmussen was 20 wins shy of the late Dale Baird's all-time record of 9,445 North American victories.
On Wednesday, the Hall of Fame trainer is 12 behind Baird after winning eight races from 33 starters in the past week. Those winners ranged from a $5,000 maiden claiming victory by Moon Lovin at Louisiana Downs to a quartet of $100,000-plus maiden or allowance race triumphs at Saratoga in upstate New York. The Asmussen stable also had runners at Monmouth Park in New Jersey, Ellis Park in Kentucky, Indiana Grand in Indiana and Woodbine in Toronto, Ontario.
With no July 21 entries, Asmussen's relentless march toward a record 9,336 training wins resumes on July 22 at Saratoga (one runner) and Indiana Grand (two runners). Things pick up further on July 23, with two entered at Saratoga and three at Ellis Park. On July 24, Asmussen has two entered at Louisiana Downs and four at Ellis Park, with additional entries expected at tracks that have yet to take entries for that day.
According to Equibase, going into July 22 racing, Asmussen has 9,433 career victories from 45,836 starts, with 7,646 seconds and 6,520 thirds for total purse earnings of $360,660,791. For the year, the South Dakota native has 304 wins from 1,500 starts.
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