Career Wins

Trainer Jamie Ness, who won his first race at Canterbury Park in 1999, earned his 5,000th win Wednesday at Delaware Park, just moments after he got victory 4,999 at Parx Racing. His milestone victory came in Delaware's Race 6, a starter optional claimer, with Chelsea Wall (Sky Kingdom), who was piloted by recent GI Preakness Stakes-winning jockey Paco Lopez. Ness currently leads the trainer standings at Delaware Park and last year secured his 11th consecutive (and 13th overall) leading trainer title at the oval outside of Wilmington. Ness captured his...

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen reached another personal milestone in his career on Monday at Oaklawn Park, winning his 10,000th race. The first North American trainer ever to reach that number, Asmussen recorded the historic win in the fifth race on the card with $40,000 maiden claimer Bet He's Ready (More Than Ready), an easy winner under jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. "This is very hard to put into words," Asmussen said from the Oaklawn winner's circle. "There's all the support that we have continually gotten. This is a family...