Asmussen to have division at Louisiana Downs

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen said on Tuesday he plans to have a division of horses at the Louisiana Downs meet that opens May 4.

Asmussen, who has not been stabled during a meet at the Bossier City track in years, won last year’s Grade 3, $300,000 Super Derby there with Limation.

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“I’ve shipped over there to run periodically,” Asmussen said. “Using it as a training center this year, I was reintroduced to what a good surface it is. I like the surface.”

Louisiana Downs decided to operate as a training center following the 2018 meet in part to assist horsemen impacted by the closing of the Evangeline Training Center near Lafayette, La.

Louisiana Downs will race 84 dates during its meet, which ends Sept. 25.