Fair Grounds
Max Player's connections hoping for Saudi Cup invite
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Barbara D. Livingston Max Player (center) is currently on an alternates list for the Saudi Cup.
Max Player, who was fifth in the Kentucky Derby and fifth in the Preakness, has been working steadily at Fair Grounds for trainer Steve Asmussen, who said connections hope to send him to Saudi Arabia for the $20 million Saudi Cup.
Asmussen said Max Player is only an alternative invitee to the Saudi Cup right now, but there’s hope he will at some point receive a full invitation.
“He’s picking it back up now,” Asmussen said of Max Player’s training pattern. “I’d like to run him there fresh.”
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Max Player was transferred to Asmussen from trainer Linda Rice shortly after he finished third in the Travers Stakes. Last winter, he won the Grade 3 Withers.