 Racing in Ireland he won the 1987 Irish St. Leger and the 1988 National Stakes.Asmussen also returned to compete in the U.S. for various major races and won his second "Washington, D.C., International" in 1984 plus the 1988 and 1992 Arlington Million in Chicago.Internationally he also won the 1993 Canadian International Stakes and the 1997 Hong Kong Cup.