MiamiScreamingEagles
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Sunday, June 11, 2023
- Steve Asmussen and his enormous stable had 12 wins the past two days. He sent out horses at six tracks and finished 37 12-8-5 including five wins on Sunday. At last check, he has 10,146 wins which is roughly 2,500 more than his closest challenger in North America annals.
- Todd Pletcher has been suspended 14 days and fined $2,000 by the New York State Gaming Commission for a July 30, 2022, positive test for the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone in the then-3-year-old Tapit colt, Capensis. It is the sixth positive test for a Pletcher runner in the last year. [ Pletcher Suspended 14 Days, Fined $2,000 For 2022 Bute Positive - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report ]
- Handle: More than $15 million.
- Race 2: Closing Act (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Steve Asmussen) won the $150,000 Astoria Stakes. The 2-year-old Munnings filly was bred in Texas. I truly do not know the most recent time a Texas-bred won at a NYRA track.
- Race 5: L Street Lady (Manny Franco/Brittany Russell) won the $150,000 Jersey Girl Stakes at 12-to-1. The 3-year-old Munnings filly won for the third time in five starts, This is bigger than the Belmont Stakes! Brittany Russell just won the Jersey Girl, one of my favorite races at Belmont and paid $36. Go get em Brit. She is a PA-girl by way of MD.
- Race 9: Gold Sweep (Jose Ortiz/Steve Asmussen) won the $150,000 Tremont Stakes. The $,50 Pick 5 paid over $29,000.
- Race 10: Prerequisite (Flavien Prat/Chad Brown) won Grade 2 $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes.
- Race11: The $1 Pick 6 rocked the track and paid over $92,000.
- Steve Asmussen added three wins to his gigantic career total.
- Race 9: Disarm (Joel Rosario/Steve Asmussen) won the Grade 3 $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes.
Santa Anita (California):- Kent Desormeaux rode three winners for the second straight day. He ended the period 11 6-0-2. Today he won with his first three rides.
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