Steve Asmussen
Steve Asmussen
Steven Mark Asmussenis an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas. His older brother, Cash Asmussen, currently a trainer himself, is a retired Eclipse Award-winning jockey and a champion in Europe...
both came morning sure until waited work
I was just making sure that they both came out of the work well and they were going to run. I waited until this morning to see if they were still healthy.
anyone appealing caught fast hope lawyer line prove racing ron
You hope he doesn't get caught up in too fast of a pace. I think Lawyer Ron is as fast as anyone out there. The appealing thing about racing for me is that you get to line up and prove it.
concerned far fast private race relaxed seems speed vow
Of course, in a race laden with as much speed as there seems to be in there, I'm going to want to Private Vow as relaxed as possible. I think that he is fast enough. I'm just concerned if he can go far enough.
covers form million potential seven throw won
Potential is great. But when you can throw it down there on the (Daily Racing) Form and you can read it, it's impressive. He's won seven (actually six) in a row and a million dollars. That about covers everything.
good happy race ran
I think he ran a good race and right now I'm happy with him. He's still not right where I want him in fitness.
both excited help treat worked
I thought they both worked really well. You try to treat it as just another work, but I couldn't help being excited by the way they worked.
concentration horse loose lost point time took worried
I was very worried about the loose horse. Any time you see a loose horse on the lead, you get nervous, especially when it's a two-year-old. If (the loose horse) lost concentration at any point and took a right, it would have been very bad.
came exhausted expected fairly knock miles plenty recovered showing
I expected a better showing from him. He got tired. He was exhausted when he came back, but he recovered fairly quickly. I think that he's got plenty of miles in him, so it didn't knock him out.
jockey kentucky looking similar
We're probably looking at a similar scenario, pace-wise, as the Kentucky Jockey Club.
definitely headed hoping last ran
He definitely ran a better race. That's where I was hoping to be last time. We're headed in the right direction. He is still not right where I want him in fitness.
anybody performance rivals seen
He is the horse. He's in front. There's no performance anybody has seen yet that rivals what he's done.
blew hard move reason trained
He has every reason to move forward. He got tired, blew hard after the race, and has come back and has trained good.
hoping horse looked
He looked very comfortable, the horse that we're hoping he'd be.
anywhere belonged brought
We brought him to Belmont because if he belonged in the Breeders' Cup, I didn't want him to go anywhere else first.