Hard Spun & Belmont Distance

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Originally Posted by byalip

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."

While I don't agree with PA's claims about Assmussen not being a good route trainer, his win record doesn't prove anything. . . He races a lot of horses at lower level tracks where there are a ton of shorter races and very few classic distanced races. . .