Steve Asmussen, who closed out the Saratoga meeting with a rush after a slow start, had another good run of things going on down South, as well.  His barn operation captured the Trainer’s Title at Ellis Park — The Spa of the South — which ended it’s meeting on Monday, Labor Day.

Asmussen just barely nosed out fellow Churchill Downs trainer, Brad Cox, for the title.  Here is a closer look at the results of the meet, with the Top 20 trainers:

1 Steven M. Asmussen 109 — 18 19 15 $480,301 17% 48%
2 Brad H. Cox 50 — 17 10 4 $478,511 34% 62%
3 Ian R. Wilkes 38 — 6 9 5 $232,089 16% 53%
4 Jack C. Van Berg 36 — 13 7 1 $204,913 36% 58%
5 Kenneth G. McPeek 44 — 6 5 9 $191,364 14% 45%
6 William B. Bradley 46 — 9 5 7 $190,428 20% 46%
7 Dale L. Romans 37 — 4 3 3 $142,487 11% 27%
8 William H. Fires 33 — 5 4 2 $122,562 15% 33%
9 Chris A. Hartman 21 — 5 4 3 $110,481 24% 57%
10 Ron Moquett 36 — 4 6 7 $107,515 11% 47%
11 Victoria H. Oliver 24 — 3 3 0 $105,184 13% 25%
12 Gregory D. Foley 24 — 5 4 4 $104,610 21% 54%
13 J. R. Caldwell 37 — 7 5 6 $91,895 19% 49%
14 Philip A. Sims 8 — 3 1 1 $88,912 38% 63%
15 Neil J. Howard 12 — 2 3 0 $79,367 17% 42%
16 Brendan P. Walsh 18 — 2 3 2 $75,608 11% 39%
17 Bernard S. Flint 15 — 3 3 6 $73,000 20% 80%
18 Ingrid Mason 12 — 3 1 2 $72,736 25% 50%
19 Joe Sharp 19 — 2 5 0 $71,741 11% 37%
20 George R. Arnold, II 14 — 2 1 3 $71,648 14% 43%