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Posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Horse trainer Steve Asmussen was assigned a July 18 hearing by the Texas Racing Commission stewards at Lone Star Park regarding a 3-year-old filly under his care, Timber Trick, who tested positive for the prohibited substance hydroxylidocaine, a metabolite of lidocaine.
The Texas Racing Commission said the positive test occurred after Gainesway Stable’s Timber Trick won the third race at Lone Star Park by 7 lengths last May 10.
43-year-old Steve Asmussen, who leads all trainers in wins and earnings in 2008 and also trains 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin, was hit with a six-month suspension from July 10, 2006, to January 10, 2007, after a horse in his care tested positive for mepivicaine in Louisiana. The suspension was served concurrently with another after one of his horses came back positive for acepromazine in New Mexico.
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Curlin Trainer Steve Asmussen Mulls Turf For Horse Of The Year
Posted on Sunday, June 15th, 2008
After a 4 1/4-length victory by Horse of the Year Curlin in the $1 million Stephen Foster Handicap (G1), horse trainer Steve Asmussen was looking toward the future for his champion and plans include working on turf.
Horse trainer Steve Asmussen has occasionally mentioned the possibility of a trip to Paris to compete in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Group 1), Europe’s greatest race for older horses, as a possible stop in the 4-year-old campaign for the son of Smart Strike.
“We’ve talked about it since last year, since the (Breeders’ Cup) Classic and he put him back in training,” said Asmussen.
With an eye toward an Arc bid, horse trainer Steve Asmussen plans to work Curlin over Churchill Downs’ Matt Winn Turf Course, and then look for a turf race somewhere in North America on the weekend of July 12-13. He would prefer a race over an international style course, such as those at Arlington Park, Belmont Park or Woodbine.
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