The track’s all-time leading money earner scored his first win of 2013 when Wasserman notched a dramatic victory over Bleu Tarp in race six for older $12,500 claimers.

Under regular rider Jennifer Whitaker, the 11-year-old Wasserman stuck his neck out and nailed Bleu Tarp in the final strides for a half-length victory, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.67.

Owned, trained and bred by Howard Belvoir, Wasserman paid $12.60 as the fourth choice.

Wasserman earned $6,408 for the win, increasing his track record total to $574,899 – a large portion earned during his amazing 2008 Horse of the Meeting campaign that included four stakes wins and the Grade 3 Longacres Mile.

A Washington-bred by Cahill Road-Share the Knight, Wasserman has wins in eight different seasons and is 13-13-13 in 71 career starts at Emerald Downs.

Whitaker – who is estimated to have ridden Wasserman 2,000 times including jogs, gallops, workouts and races – said the key was getting Wasserman into contention earlier in the race.

“He didn’t have as much to do tonight,” Whitaker said. “He was in striking distance at the quarter-pole, and that’s how he has to do it.”

Including 13 races at other tracks, Wasserman has earned $598,966, good for sixth on the all-time list of Washington-breds.

Whitaker and Belvoir are on quite a roll, as they combined for three wins last Sunday. And on August 17, the night before the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), Belvoir will be enshrined into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame.