Nice piece in DRF Weekend about Scott Blasi

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Blasi in supporting role of a lifetime

Blasi is one of eight assistants Asmussen employs. All play an important role in one of the most successful and prolific operations in racing history. But it's Blasi who has been by Rachel Alexandra's side almost every day since she joined the Asmussen string at Churchill Downs last April. It was Blasi who spent six weeks in Dubai in the winter of 2008, serving as Asmussen's proxy as Curlin prepped for, then won, the Dubai World Cup at Nad al Sheba. It was Blasi who traveled around with Asmussen's first Grade 1 winner, Dreams Gallore, and it was to Blasi that Asmussen handed an Eclipse Award statue in January, the one Asmussen had just won for being the leading trainer of 2009.