HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Horses trained by Steve Asmussen took down the lion’s share of the Kentucky Derby points on offer Friday at Oaklawn Park, where Gold Street won the $150,000 Smarty Jones and his stablemates, Shoplifted and Silver Prospector, finished a respective third and fourth. Three Technique, who was favored, finished second. The Smarty Jones was the opening-day feature and Oaklawn drew an estimated ontrack crowd of 20,000. The one-mile race, which ended at the sixteenth pole, rewarded its first four finishers with Derby points on a sliding scale of 10-4-2-1. Gold Street ($22.80) has been something of a wet-track wonder. He was winning his third straight race over such footing, as the sealed surface Friday was rated muddy. Prior to the start, Gold Street won back-to-back races in the slop, taking a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs on Nov. 23 and the $75,000 Sugar Bowl at Fair Grounds on Dec. 21. In the Smarty Jones, Gold Street led throughout, setting fractions of 24.08 seconds for the opening quarter, 48.96 for the half-mile and 1:13.72 for six furlongs. He finished with good energy through the short stretch, covering the distance in 1:39.63 under jockey Martin Garcia. “He ran a wonderful race,” Asmussen said. “It’s very encouraging for him to look like that in his first two-turn race.” It was 2 3/4 lengths back to Three Technique and the same margin again to Shoplifted. Asmussen said Gold Street has now put himself on a path to the Grade 3, $750,000 Southwest Stakes on Feb. 17 at Oaklawn. “Most likely he’ll run back in the Southwest,” he said. “Obviously we want him to come back well and train just the same as he has been, that would be the expectation. All depending on his training.” Gold Street is a son of Street Boss who races for Mike McCarty. He now has won 3 of 6 starts and the first-place check of $90,000 on Friday pushed his earnings to $225,218. Asmussen is coming off a banner year with 2-year-olds, winning 89 races with juveniles – including 17 stakes, according to statistics from Daily Racing Form. He is a 10-time title winner at Oaklawn.   Patrons returning to Oaklawn on Friday were greeted with the framework of a new seven story hotel scheduled to open in December. It will overlook the first turn of the track. The new structure will alter some of Oaklawn’s traditional parking areas during the current meet, and the track is running more shuttles to and from entrances to accommodate patrons, said Oaklawn general manager Wayne Smith. The meet has drawn more than 15 new stables with record purses on the line, and some of those new faces, like trainers Tom Amoss, Jeremiah Englehart, and John Sadler landed in the winner’s circle Friday. Among new riders, Southern California transplant Joe Talamo also had a winner on the program, with Lewys Vaporizer for fellow Louisiana native Amoss. Irad Ortiz Jr., who was in town to ride Three Technique, won two races on the undercard Friday. The old school also had success, with trainer Ingrid Mason winning the first two races on the card, with Arrival ($31.60) in the opener and Willow Moon ($9.80) in the second. Trainer Mac Robertson accounted for the nightcap with Ring Leader, a 3-year-old filly who impressed under Ortiz. Handle on the nine-race card from all sources Friday was $5,789,986. Racing resumes Saturday with a stakes triple.