LEADING TRAINER STEVE ASMUSSEN SETS NEW REMINGTON PARK RECORD WITH SIX WINS ON A SINGLE RACING PROGRAM

For Immediate Release
Friday, October 30, 2026

Horse racing’s all-time winningest trainer in North America, Steve Asmussen, is piling up wins this meet at Remington Park like a squirrel gathers and stores his winter nuts, in droves. Now, he is setting records in the process.

The 20-time training title holder at this Oklahoma City track scored a record six wins in one night from the nine-race card Friday, including the featured allowance with Irresistible. It is the most races won by a Thoroughbred trainer in one night here.

Trainer Wade White set the original 5-win record on one Remington Park racing program on Nov. 17, 1993. Steve Asmussen managed five wins on one card just over a year ago on Oct. 16, 2025.

His son, jockey Erik Asmussen, was aboard for four of those victories while Geovanni Franco and Stewart Elliott were given a leg up for the others. Elliott rode the eighth race favorite, Irresistible, perfectly, chasing down the early speed horse, Greely’s Gold (3-1) in the stretch to win the 5-1/2 furlong sprint over a muddy track.

Irresistible won the featured allowance for non-winners of two lifetime races for fillies and mares. Elliott rode the 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Munnings, out of the Tapit mare Lady Tapit, to a half-length victory as the 9-5 betting favorite. She paid $5.80 to win, $4.20 to place and $2.40 to show. Running time for the distance was 1:04.76. The filly is owned by Curtis C. Green of Arlington, Texas. She was bred by Parks Investment Group and was a $700,000 purchase from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2024.

Steve’s six wins on the night gave him 65 for the meet, putting him ahead of second-place Scott Young at 16. Even Secretariat would have been impressed with this kind of lead.

Erik’s four victories put him 15 in the jockey standings ahead of David Cabrera in second at 58-43. What makes that so incredible is that Cabrera has a 12-win lead over the rest of the field of jockeys in those standings.

The first trip to the winner’s circle Friday for the Asmussen barn came in the third race of the night when Franco booted home Promptly to his maiden win at 7-5 odds by a full length. Franco moved that 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Not This Time, out of the Uncle Mo mare My Day, from last to first in this race on a yielding turf at approximately one mile. It was Promptly’s second start of her career after running seventh at Ellis Park in Kentucky in her debut on Aug. 9. She had been off since then.

Promptly She paid $4.80 to win, $3 to place and $2.60 to show. Her winning time was 1:40.88.

Promptly is owned by Bradley Thoroughbreds, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Cambron Equine, Kent and Sara Starr, and Kurz Equine Investments. Promptly was bred by Kinsman Farm and was a $335,000 purchase from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2024.

The second win for Steve was in the fourth race with Fire in My Sul among claiming company. That was Erik’s first trip to the winner’s circle on this night as the 22-year-old rider inched closer to his first riding title at Remington Park. He has won one at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, and was named Eclipse Award-winning apprentice rider as top bug boy in the country in 2024. He was aboard Fire in My Sul as that 5-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding crossed the finish line first as the 9-5 second favorite.

Fire In My Sul is owned by James Sherwood of Boerne, Texas and paid $5.60 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.80 to show, winning for the second time in his career in 12 starts. He was bred by SF Bloodstock.

The third trip to the winner’s circle for Steve was in the fifth race with Erik in the irons of even-money favorite, Potentiator, winning by a half-length in $20,000-level claiming company. The 3-year-old Florida-bred colt by Win Win Win, was a virtual gate to wire winner in the six-furlong event. He paid $4.20 to win, $3 to place and $2.20 to show.

Potentiator won for the second time in five official races for owner Leland Ackerley Racing of Houston, Texas. He was bred by Janet Erwin and was a $325,000 purchase at the Ocala Breeders’ Spring Sale of 2-year-olds-in-training of 2025. He had been pin-hooked for the sale after going for $50,000 in the Ocala Breeders’ October Yearling Sale of 2024.

Steve’s fourth win was with Gun Party in the seventh for Erik’s third win of the night at 9-5 odds, winning by 1-1/2 lengths over 8-5 favorite Getaway Car. The young jock brought his steed from the ultimate back of the pack in the seven-horse field to pass them all in the 1 mile-70 yard race.

Gun Party, a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred horse by Curlin, out of the Malibu Moon mare Carina Mia, is owned by Ken Reimer and Steve Asmussen. Reimer is from Indian Shores, Fla., and Steve makes his home in Arlington, Texas.

Gun Party paid $5.60 to win, $2.60 to place and $2.20 to show. The horse was bred by Three Chimney Farms and was a $200,000 pin-hook purchase during the Fasig-Tipton February Digital Sale this year. He had originally been bought for $1.7 million by Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm from the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2022.

Steve’s fifth win was in the feature race with Irresistible and then he closed the night with a victory in the finale with Hand It Over coming from well off the pace to sweep up the rail, concluding Erik’s four-win night in the saddle. This victory came among $20,000-level claiming company for Hand It Over, a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by Temple City, out of the Great Notion dam Pocket Gift. She is owned by Steve and paid $9 to win, $4 to place and $2.60 to show after rallying from mid-pack along the rail to score by 5-1/4 lengths. The win was the fourth career victory for Hand It Over from 30 career starts.

Remington Park racing continues Saturday, Oct. 31 with a first post of 6:30pm-Central.

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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