First Player (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

24-Feb-20

Colour

chestnut

Sire

The Player

Dam

Bodacious Bets

Prize Money

257365

Owners

Steven Asmussen

About

First Player is a 6yo chestnut from the United States trained by Steven M. Asmussen. It is by The Player out of Bodacious Bets. The horse has won two races so far. On 7 Jun 2024 at Churchill Downs, First Player achieved its most important win, earning $58,000 in the Md.

Raced At

Sam Houston Race Park • Oaklawn Park • Churchill Downs

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Sam Houston Race Park 07-Feb-26 1609m R7 Race 7-Allowance $6,900 (of $34,500) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:38.790, SP: 1.40 1st Schifty's Haloid ( D Parker 123 ) 2nd First Player ( K Asmussen 121 ) 3rd Justice Department ( F J Wethey 121 )K Asmussen 54.9kg2 (8)
Oaklawn Park 13-Dec-25 1610m R3 Race 3 $12,000 (of $60,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:37.830, SP: 5.00 forwardly placed while in the two path, asked for some run in the second flight behind the two leaders into the stretch, slowly closing the gap on the winner late while edging clear for the second spot. 1st Riddle Solver ( R S Jr 117 ) 2nd First Player ( J Rosario 120 ) 1.50L 3rd Gun Runner Charlie ( L Saez 122 ) 2.50L See full resultsJ Rosario 54.4kg 1.50L2 (10)
Churchill Downs 22-Nov-25 1610m R1 Race 1 $16,600 (of $83,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:35.360, SP: 2.20 pressed two wide and outside of the eventual winner, sustained pressure around the turn but proved no match for that one in upper stretch and was second best. 1st Zambezi ( T Gaffalione 121 ) 2nd First Player ( I O Jr 121 ) 6.00L 3rd Authentic Gallop ( J L Ortiz 118 ) 19.25L See full resultsI O Jr 54.9kg 6.00L2 (4)
Churchill Downs 09-Nov-25 1610m R4 Race 4 $15,600 (of $78,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:35.530, SP: 1.67 settled back to race off the pace, advanced to enter the stretch five wide behind the pace, improved for the place award but could not catch the winner. 1st De' Medici ( I O Jr 121 ) 2nd First Player ( J R Leparoux 121 ) 2.25L 3rd Fireball Birdie ( T Gaffalione 121 ) 3.50L See full resultsJ R Leparoux 54.9kg 2.25L2 (6)
Churchill Downs 26-Sep-25 1710m R7 Race 7 $3,810 (of $127,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:43.160, SP: 21.00 checked among foes into the first turn, raced off of the pace while tucking to the inside around that bend, moved to the three path into the far turn, entered the lane in the five path, then ran on belatedly. 1st Navajo Warrior ( I O Jr 122 ) 2nd Hop Sing ( L Saez 122 ) 0.75L 3rd Coalmoon ( L Machado 118 ) 1.25L 5th First Player ( J R Leparoux 122 ) 3.25L See full resultsJ R Leparoux 55.3kg 3.25L5 (9)