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COMBO OF TRAINER STEVE ASMUSSEN, JOCKEY ERIK ASMUSSEN WORK THEIR MAGIC AGAIN WITH FOUR WINS TOGETHER

For Immediate Release
Saturday, September 19, 2026
By: Richard Linihan


OKLAHOMA CITY – There hasn’t been a duo this successful since John Lennon and Paul McCartney teamed up. The horse racing equivalent of those two superstars might just be trainer Steve Asmussen and his son, jockey Erik, at least at the Remington Park meet.

The Asmussen formula was on point again Saturday night as Erik rode four horses for Steve and won with all four of them. Steve only had five horses in all night and actually won all four races since he had two horses in a common race. The only way his night could have been better is if those two horses would have dead-heated for first. Erik’s four winners were all the horses he mounted on Saturday. He had no other mounts.

As it was, Erik won the first three races of the evening and then capped it off with a victory in the ninth race. His winners, respectively were Botox and Coffee ($3.20 to win), Olympic Star ($2.40), Potentiator ($14.40) and Crimsonite ($4.40) to round it out in the ninth.

Botox and Coffee got things started off with a bang, winning the first race of the night by 7-1/2 lengths. That easy win should have been an omen of things to come. That horse beat maiden claimers for L and N Racing and Ullery Bloodstock, of Tulsa, Okla. That 2-year-old filly by Complexity, out of the Quiet American mare Lady Buckeye, was bred in Kentucky by Maccabee Farm. She was also claimed out of the race for $10,000 by trainer Ronnie Cravens III for new owner JZ Racing Stables.

The Asmussens romped home again in the second with Olympic Star, winning by 4-1/2 lengths as the odds-on 1-5 favorite. Steve, from Arlington, Texas, also owns this 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Midshipman, out of the Union Rags mare Spiritualist. She beat a field of older maiden claiming $10,000 horses. She was bred by Dr. Rodney Orr.

The third race was more of the same with one exception. Erik was all-out to get his third win in a row, taking that one down by a nose with Potentiator just getting up at the wire. That 3-year-old Florida-bred colt by Win Win Win, out of the Songandaprayer mare Additional Prayer, battled Arco Thunder down the stretch and the two battled like warriors to the finish. When the photo revealed the winner, do you want to know a secret? It was the Asmussens again. This colt was also different because of the price he paid to those who backed him. Every $2 win ticket was worth $14.40 instead of dimes returned on the other two earlier winners. Potentiator is owned by Leland Ackerley Racing of Houston, Texas, and was running against maiden special weights company. This colt was bred by Janet Erwin.

Then the capper came in the ninth when Erik once again was in front in the stretch, this time with heavy favorite Crimsonite in a first-level allowance race at 1-1/16th miles on the main track. This was a tight affair, much like the win aboard Potentiator. David Cabrera, fighting for the lead in the jockeys’ standings all meet, couldn’t quite get to Asmussen and Crimsonite with Ensorcell and had to settle for second place, a neck back. Crimsonite, a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Tapit, out of the Broken Vow mare Bleeding Heart, is owned and was bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds (Ron Winchell) of Las Vegas.

Here’s a look at the top five in the standings following Saturday night’s races:
JOCKEYS
1) Erik Asmussen, 21 wins; 2) David Cabrera, 19; 3) Ramon Vazquez, 16; tied for 4th) Floyd Wethey, Jr., and Jose Alvarez, 11 each.
TRAINERS
1) Steve Asmussen, 24 wins; 2) Scott Young, 8; 3) Austin Gustafson, 7; 4) Robertino Diodoro, 6, and 5) Miguel Silva, 5.
OWNERS
1) Steve Asmussen, 8 wins; tied for 2nd) Gwen Crosser and Bryan Hawk, 4 each; tied for 4th) seven owners.

Live racing continues next week with a schedule of Thursday-Sunday. Sunday is Oklahoma Derby Day with a special post time of 3 p.m. Racing Thursday, Friday and Saturday starts at 6:30 p.m.

Remington Park has provided more than $426 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The 2026 Oklahoma Derby is set for Sunday, Sept. 27 at Remington Park. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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Caption: Crimsonite winning Remington Park race 10 for the team of trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Erik Asmussen. The father-son duo combined for four wins on the Saturday night card.
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