ANOTHER HUGE NIGHT FOR REALITY SHOW KNOWN AS STEVE ASMUSSEN FAMILY HOURS AT REMINGTON PARK

For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Steve Asmussen Family continued to be the top-rated reality show at Remington Park on Thursday night as trainer Steve scored four wins from the nine races carded while son Erik was in the saddle for three of them.

The party started with the second race of the night when jockey Ramon Vazquez broke up the family affair with the only Steve Asmussen winner without Erik aboard. Vazquez rode first-time starter Midnight Tapper to victory by three-quarters of a length at 5-2 odds. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Tapit, out of the Union Rags mare Midnight Union, spoiled the festivities for Erik in this race, who ran second with Braken Good, the 3-5 betting favorite. Running time for the six furlongs on the sloppy track was 1:12.24. Midnight Tapper stalked in third before taking control at the top of the stretch.

Midnight Tapper paid $7.60 to win, $3.40 to place and $3 to show. The filly is owned by L and N Racing, Clark Brewster and Ullery Racing of Tulsa, Okla. She was bred by Forty Oaks and Tapit Syndicate. She was purchased for $200,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2024.

The other three Asmussen winners with Erik as the pilot were Cowgirl Buckaroo ($4.60 to win) in the third, Big Tech ($7.40) in the fourth and Epsilon ($10.60) in the sixth.

Cowgirl Buckaroo, a 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Improbable, out of the War Front mare End Times, broke her maiden among $10,000 claimers and was claimed from Asmussen’s barn, moving to the stable of trainer Ronnie Cravens III. She won by three lengths as the 6-5 favorite and paid $4.60 to win, $3 to place and $2.40 to show. Her winning time for the six furlongs was 1:12.23. She sat just off the shoulder of front-running More Coffee before pulling away to a two-length lead at the top of the lane.

Cowgirl Buckaroo is owned by prominent defense attorney Clark Brewster of Tulsa. She was bred by CHC and was bought by Brewster for $65,000 when she was pin-hooked in the Ocala Breeders March Sale of 2-year-olds in training in 2025.

Erik booted home Big Tech in race four, a $7,500 claiming race for non-winners of two at 5-2 odds, paying $7.40 to win, $3.80 to place and $2.80 to show. Steve, the leading conditioner by a city block here as well as top owner by many, not only trains this gelding, but also owns him. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred gelded son of Practical Joke, out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Jacquelyn d’Oro, won this seven-furlong race in 1:25.62, sitting just off the pace in second until the top of the stretch, going on to win by 2-1/4 lengths at the wire.

Big Tech was bred by William and Betty Currin Trust. He was purchased at the same sale as Cowgirl Buckaroo for the impressive layout of $485,000.

Erik finished his hat trick in the sixth, getting a leg up on another Asmussen first-time starter, Epsilon. This 2-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Epicenter, out of the Tapit mare Untapped, is owned and was bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds (Ron Winchell) of Las Vegas. Epsilon may have had the most impressive victory for the Asmussen team on this night, trailing by four lengths at the top of the stretch before winning by a full length. He came from sixth place in the early going to win on a night when virtually no one won from well off the pace. The first-timer stopped the timer for one mile in 1:41.45, cutting into interior fractions of :24.03 for the first quarter-mile, :48.79 for the half-mile, 1:14.79 for six furlongs and 1:28.27 for seven-eighths of a mile. He was sent off at 4-1 odds and paid generous numbers across the board for an Asmussen horse – $10.60 to win, $6.80 to place and $5 to show.

Brink Of War Wires Field in Allowance Feature
Jockey Jose Alvarez and his mount in the featured eighth-race allowance, Brink of War, burst from the gate on top and no one ever got close in the one-mile event over a sloppy track. That race was originally scheduled for 7-1/2 furlongs over the turf but moved after a two-day rain saga that measured more than seven inches of rain in Oklahoma City.

Brink of War, a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred gelded son of Violence, out of the Jimmy Creed mare Wall of Compassion, won by 5-1/2 lengths for owner-trainer Karen Jacks. The winner made every pole a winning one, going :24.48 for the first quarter-mile, :48.95 for the half-mile, 1:14.21 for six furlongs, and 1:26.46 for seven furlongs before completing the mile in 1:38.61. He was sent off at 7-2 odds and paid $9.40 to win, $3.60 to place and $2.80 to show.

The 8-5 favorite in the eighth, Marc, for Steve and Erik Asmussen, could have made it five wins and four victories, respectively for their team, but the best he could do was check in second, well back of the winner,.

Remington Park racing continues Friday through Saturday, Oct. 16 & 17 with the first race nightly at 6:30pm-Central. The highlight of the week is the 34th edition of the Oklahoma Classics on Friday, as Oklahoma-breds are featured during an evening of stakes action.

Remington Park has provided more than $429 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The 2026 edition of the Oklahoma Classics, the top night of stakes racing for Oklahoma-breds, is set for Friday, Oct. 16 at Remington Park. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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