Hard Spun & Belmont Distance

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PedigreeA--

While Asmussen is suspect of certain "things", winning races isn't one of them. Your notion that he's not a route trainer--and basically a quarterhorse trainer-- is just plain silly.

Read the current issue of The Bloodhorse for a background story about Asmussen.

Here's the Cliff's Notes version:
"Not only has Steve Asmussen broken the single season record for wins by a trainer, he is one of only three trainers to win 400 races in a year, the others being Jack Van Berg and Scott Lake. As of November 20, 2004, he was at 497 wins and counting. When he broke the record he was third in earnings behind Todd Pletcher and Bobby Frankel, and his horses were winning 24% of the time, and finishing in the top three 55% of the time."