Steve Asmussen has become only the second trainer in US racing history to win 7000 races.

Asmaussen passed the milestone on April 1 when Drama Coach won the second race at Oaklawn Park, a track where he has been leading trainer six times.

Asmussen joins late Dale Baird, who finished with 9445 wins, as the seocxnd trainer to reach 7000 in North America.

"I'm extremely proud for the whole barn; the job that everybody's done," Asmussen said.

"It's an extremely significant milestone that we're extremely proud of and, hopefully, we can continue.

"It's very nice to just get it out of the way and get on and do some winning."

The two-time Eclipse Award winning trainer also holds two wins outside the US with his former champion Curlin, who won the Jaguar Trophy and the Dubai World Cup in 2008.

Asmussen is currently ranked fifth among all North American trainers in career earnings with $226,714,081.

Among Asmussen's most notable accomplishments was training Curling to be US Horse of the Year for three straight years between 2007 and 2009 and also winning the title with Rachel Alexandra.