Steve Asmussen turned a dominant Remington Park meet into a piece of track history Friday, winning six races on a nine-race program to establish the most victories by a trainer on a single card at the Oklahoma City oval. The performance pushed Asmussen to 65 wins for the meet, 49 clear of Scott Young in the trainer standings, according to reporting on the card by the Miami Herald.
The record came in a night that showcased the depth of the Asmussen operation rather than one isolated standout. His son, Erik Asmussen, rode four of the six winners, while Geovanni Franco and Stewart Elliott supplied the other two mounts. The elder Asmussen had previously won five races on one Remington program, matching the mark originally set by Wade White on Nov. 17, 1993, before surpassing it Friday.
Elliott delivered the most prominent victory aboard Irresistible in the featured allowance for fillies and mares. The three-year-old daughter of Munnings had entered off a runner-up finish at Remington Park and improved while stretching to the evening's 5 1/2-furlong distance, tracking the early pace before running down Greely's Gold over a muddy track. The race-day form listed Irresistible among the principal Asmussen-Elliott runners and showed the filly's recent second-place finish at the track. At The Races' race card also identified Hand It Over as an Asmussen-trained runner in the finale.
Hand It Over provided the closing punctuation, rallying from midpack along the rail to win a $20,000-level claiming event by 5 1/4 lengths. The five-year-old mare's victory was her fourth from 30 starts, and the $9 win payoff under Erik Asmussen illustrated the practical edge of placing seasoned horses in the right spot rather than relying exclusively on short-priced runners. The published results show the mare completing the card's final Asmussen success. HorseRacingNation's Remington results lists Hand It Over first in the finale.
The timing matters for both sides of the Asmussen family partnership. Steve Asmussen is chasing another Remington training title, while 22-year-old Erik is moving toward his first riding championship at the track. Their five-win collaboration earlier in October had already signaled how effectively the stable was converting entries into winners; Remington's own report noted that the pair combined for five victories on the Oct. 9 card and that Steve led the standings by a wide margin at that point. Remington Park's official release documented that earlier surge.
Friday's six-pack therefore reads as more than a statistical curiosity. It is the latest evidence that Asmussen has assembled the meet's deepest winning operation, with different riders, surfaces and race conditions all producing results. The immediate challenge will be sustaining that strike rate as the meet advances and rivals receive more opportunities to close the gap, but a single-card record now gives an already commanding campaign a permanent place in Remington Park history.
