ASMUSSEN DUO GARNER BIG NIGHT WITH FOUR MORE WINNERS ON SATURDAY AT REMINGTON PARK

For Immediate Release
Saturday, October 24, 2026

There are now three things certain in life, death, taxes and the Steve Asmussen-Erik Asmussen duo winning multiple races virtually every night at Remington Park in 2026.

It happened again for the unbeatable combo of top trainer Steve Asmussen/leading jockey Erik Asmussen. The father-son pair worked their magic together, winning four races Saturday night, including the featured allowance with 3-5 odds-on favorite Perfect Magic. That 4-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Maclean’s Music, out of the Yes It’s True mare You Asked, just held off the fast-closing made rush of Mikel W at the wire in the six-furlong sprint on the main fast track among allowance company.

It was the fourth win for the Asmussens in the first seven races on the eight-race card. Perfect Magic and J.P. Race (2-1) hooked up on the front end of this sprint in a speed duel, setting early fractions of :22.79 for the first quarter-mile, :45.54 for the half-mile and :57.35 for five-eighths of a mile. J.P. Race began to fade to third and had softened up the favorite, making him vulnerable in the final strides to the wire, but Mikel W (9-1) ran out of ground as they hit the finish together in a photo. When the photo was sorted out, Perfect Magic had won by a head. He finished up in 1:09.83.

Perfect Magic paid $3.20 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show.

Perfect Magic, owned by the Estate of Mike McCarty of Austin, Texas, won for the fourth time in his career, but had not been to the winner’s circle since Dec. 3 last year at Remington Park when he won an allowance for non-winners of three lifetime races. Saturday night’s race was for beaten allowance horses that had not won a race since April 24 or not won four races lifetime.

Perfect Magic earned $25,134 from the $42,000 purse and improved lifetime to 21 starts, four wins, seven seconds and three thirds for a career bankroll of $331,466. The drop in class from the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes last time out on Sept. 27, was enough to do the trick for Perfect Magic. He had run a respectable fourth in the Vance, the biggest sprint annually for thoroughbreds at Remington Park.

Perfect Magic was bred by Colts Neck Stables and was purchased for $300,000 from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2023.

The first trip to the winner’s circle on Saturday for the dynamic Asmussen duo came in the second race of the night when Erik booted home Get Her Number in a starter allowance race, winning by a widening 3-1/2 lengths as the 4-5 odds-on favorite. That 8-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding is owned and trained by Steve and paid $3.60 to win, and $2.10 to place and show. Running time for the seven furlongs was 1:23.34. He sat just off the pace in second until the turn for home when he took over, passing front-runner Crew Dragon (12-1), who faded to fourth.

Get Her Number won for the 10th time in his career in 36 starts. The elderly statesman at 8, crept ever closer to the $1 million earnings mark. His record improved to 36-10-2-8, $911,073 in earnings. He was bred by Phillip and Brenda Robertson.

The second victory for the Asmussens came in the fourth race as Maddienlizzyshonor came home a winner in another starter allowance race, also at seven furlongs. That 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly was an easy winner, taking home the top prize in the fourth race by 1-1/2 lengths at even-money odds. She won in a time of 1:24.77, but unlike her aforementioned stablemate who won from just off the pace in second, Maddienlizzyshonor passed them all for the victory. She came from dead last in seventh to swoop past this group of fillies and mares. The winner paid $4 to win, $3.20 to place and $3 to show. Like her stablemate, she is owned and trained by Steve. Maddienlizzyshonor was bred by E.H. Beau Lane. She was a winner for the sixth time in 15 starts lifetime.

The third trip to the winner’s circle was in the fifth race with the 3-year-old Kentucky-bred colt, Armet, in a much tighter finish than the other two winners. Armet, at 7-5 odds as the favorite, won this approximately five furlongs over the turf by a head as it took a photo to separate him from the longest shot on the board at 42-1 odds, Dark Vector.

Unlike the other two Asmussen-trained winners, Armet doesn’t have Steve as an owner. James Sherwood of Boerne, Texas, owns this two-time winner who beat a field of $30,000 claiming-non-winners-of-two lifetime races. Armet paid $4.80 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.40 to show. Dark Vector returned $15.80 to place and $3.80 to show and keyed a $2 exacta payoff of $82. Running time for the winner was :56.94 seconds over the firm turf. He was bred by Repole Stable and Taylor Made Stallion, Inc.. Armet improved to two wins and one third from six trips to the track.

At the end of the night, Steve Asmussen had a 58-14 lead in the trainers’ standings over Scott Young in second. Erik had a 54-43 lead over second-place David Cabrera in the jockeys’ standings.

Remington Park racing continues Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 28-31, with the first race nightly at 6:30pm-Central. The simulcast schedule includes the Breeders’ Cup World Championship races on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30 and 31.

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. Remington Park’s marquee event for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds is the Springboard Mile. A qualifying points race for the 2027 Kentucky Derby, the Springboard will be contested on Saturday, Dec. 19. 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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