Remington Park article by Richard Linihan
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – October 22, 2026 — It was another red-hot night at Remington Park for the father-son Asmussen combo as trainer Steve and jockey Erik. They combined to win four races Wednesday, including the featured allowance race with Spring in Paris.
Both have comfortable leads in the jockeys’ and trainers’ standings this meet. Steve also is running away with the owners’ race this meet.
Spring in Paris, a 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by City of Light, out of the Include mare Spring Included, ran mid-pack in the allowance turf race, sprinting about 5 furlongs and then pounced turning for home. This filly found her way through the front-runners and drew away easily as the winner. It was her fourth win in a row and second of the meet here at five-eighths of a mile on the Remington Park grass.
Spring in Paris was sent off as the wagering favorite at 7-5 odds and paid $4.80 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.10 to show. She improved her record to seven starts, five wins and one second with lifetime earnings of $117,556. She won $23,868 from the $40,000 purse. Chuck Hovitz of Sunnyvale, Texas, is the proud owner of this filly, who was bred by Erich Brehm and Hovitz. Erik has ridden the filly to four of her five wins, while Stewart Elliott was in the irons for the other.
The first win for the dynamic duo on Wednesday was in the second race of nine on the card. Erik pushed Lebowski to the lead at the top of the stretch, as the 1-5 odds-on favorite in a claiming $30,000 non-winners of three race and drew off by 1-1/4 lengths at the wire. Steve trains that 4-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding for owners Ken T. Reimer, Susan Montaye, Villa Rosa Farm and Bradley D. Kent of Indian Shores, Fla. Lebowski won the turf race in 1:44.96 at about 1-1/16th miles and paid $2.40 to win, $2.10 to place and show. He was bred by Warren J. Harang.
The second trip to the winner’s circle was the second of three in a row from races two through four for the Asmussens. Attack Now came from seven lengths back in this one-mile maiden claiming race for $7,500 horses in race three to win impressively by five lengths. Attack Now, despite being an 0-for-10 maiden, caught the eye of the Asmussen barn in his last race and they claimed the 4-year-old gelding for $7,500 from the barn of trainer Robertino Diodoro. It worked out fine as Attack Now broke his maiden in this, his 11th outing lifetime. He went off as the 3-2 second favorite in the race and paid $5 to win, $3.60 to place and $2.20 to show. Steve now owns and trains this one. Winning time for the filly’s mile was 1:40.16. The breeder was Kinsman Farm.
The Asmussens kept the ball rolling in the fourth race when T Red won her second career race after having a troubled trip in her debut on Sept. 5. The best the 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly could manage was a fifth-place finish in her first start, losing by 19-1/4 lengths. She had taken up at the start of that race under jockey Stewart Elliott and never had a chance. The switch to the magical Asmussen duo on Wednesday fell well under the spell of the unbelievable mojo as T Red came from fourth in the early going to win by 3-1/2 lengths. T Red, owned by Curtis C. Green, was sent off at a generous 9-2 odds and she paid $11.40 to win, $7 to place and $3 to show. Her winning time in the $10,000 claiming race at 5-1/2 furlongs over a fast main track was 1:06.10. Erik had her in fourth for the first half of the race and she passed those in front of her easily down the stretch. She was bred by her owner.
The four wins on the night put Erik in a 47-41 lead over second-place David Cabrera in the riders’ standings. Steve’s four trips to the winner’s circle gave him 51 on the season, compared to 13 for second-place Scott Young. Asmussen’s one win as an owner Wednesday gave him 20 for the meet, which is 12 ahead of second-place Bryan Hawk at eight.
Remington Park racing continues Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22-24, with the nightly first race at 6:30pm-Central.
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Remington Park has provided more than $429 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. Remington Park’s marquee event for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds is the Springboard Mile. A qualifying points race for the 2027 Kentucky Derby, the Springboard will be contested on Saturday, Dec. 19. 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.
