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Sunday, July 11, 2021
Lone Star (Texas):
- Steve Asmussen (9,424 wins) is 21 wins shy of tying Dale Baird (9,445) and the all-time record for victories by a trainer in North America.
- Closing day: The spring/summer meet which began April 22 ended today.
- Leading jockey: Jose Ortiz pulled ahead of suspended brother Irad with a win in the first race. Jose ended with 59 wins to Irad's 57.
- Leading trainer: Chad Brown led all trainers with 32 wins.
- Christophe Clement sent out six starters and three were victorious. His 27 wins was second best at the meet.
- Race 2: Charlee O (Manny Franco/Michelle Nevin), a first-time starter, wired the field at 29-to-1, the longest shot on the board.
- Race 8: Call Me Love (Junior Alvarado/Christophe Clement) was the final stakes winner of the meet. A very heady ride by Alvarado who did his patented outside close maneuver. He was boxed on the rail but the rider never panicked. Timed perfectly!
Lone Star (Texas):
- Closing day: Today ended the 48-day meet which began April 22.
- Handle: The total of $13,692,325 was the largest since 2005.
- Leading jockey: Stewart Elliott with 71 wins won his first Lone Star title.
- Leading trainer: Steve Asmussen with 71 wins won his 14th Lone Star title.
- Texas racing: The Gillespie County Fair is ongoing. Otherwise, Sam Houston runs QH until August 7. That track has T-bred beginning in January. Lone Star operates QH racing beginning September 17 through December 18. At last check, Retama Park was not conducting any racing as their QH schedule was shifted to Sam Houston.
- Race 7: Easy Time (Rafael Hernandez/Mark Casse) won the $100,000 Grade 3 Marine Stakes at 4-to-1. Casse's other runner was sent off the favorite and miss the board.
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