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...
hoping horse looked
He looked very comfortable, the horse that we're hoping he'd be.
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Storm Treasure is an extremely laid-back horse and will do anything you want. He's very good company for Private Vow. You want someone with enough talent that Private Vow gets something out of it. Private Vow is a much quicker horse than Storm Treasure, and obviously for the Derby we need (Private Vow) to settle more than he has. That's what we're working on and will continue to do. Private Vow has always been fast enough.
derby horse prospect serious time
I haven't had a 2-turning-3-year-old horse that was this serious of a Derby prospect at this time of year.
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I train, and I try to stay on schedule. Here and at the Fair Grounds, the thousands of horses I've worked, I'm absolutely secure in it. Sam Houston, Fair Grounds, Churchill, I won't alter my work schedule at any of those places when it's wet.
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Any time you see a horse loose on the lead like that you get nervous. If that loose horse lost concentration at any point and took a right, it would have been very bad.
extremely horse pleased worked
The horse worked great. We're extremely pleased with where he's at.
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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.
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You know why we're here. We brought him to Belmont because if he belonged in the Breeders' Cup I didn't want him to go anywhere else first.
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You know why we're here, ... We brought him to Belmont because if he belonged in the Breeders' Cup I didn't want him to go anywhere else first.
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.
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.
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He has every reason to move forward. He got tired, blew hard after the race, and has come back and has trained good.