Casse Quartet Primed for Top Efforts on Stephen Foster Preview Day
At 0h02, on May 28, 2021 • By CHURCHILL DOWNS
Trainer Mark Casse’s stakes quartet of Helium, Palazzi, Spanish Loveaffair and Tap It to Win are poised to return to form on Saturday’s Stephen Foster Preview Day at Churchill Downs.
“I think all four of our horses are very live in those races,” Casse’s assistant trainer David Carroll said. “Each one of them fit very well in their respective fields and I think we are setting up for a solid day of racing.”
D J Stable’s Kentucky Derby (GI) 10th-place finisher Helium was installed as the co-second choice at 5-2 in the $150,000 Matt Winn (GIII). Juddmonte’s $300,000 Oaklawn Stakes winner Fulsome also is 5-2. The 2-1 morning line favorite is Bernard Racing, Tagg Team Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Terry Stephens’ Kentucky Derby fifth-place finisher O Besos.
“He ran a solid effort in the Derby,” Carroll said of Helium. “I think he will be able to sit a better trip in the Matt Winn from just off the pace and I think he matches up with this field better.”
The 1 1/16-mile Matt Winn, carded as Race 9 at 4:55 p.m., shares the Saturday spotlight with the $150,000 Audubon (Race 5), $150,000 Blame (Race 6), $150,000 Shawnee (Race 7), $150,000 Regret (GIII) (Race 8), $150,000 Aristides (Listed) (Race 10), and $110,000 Douglas Park Overnight Stakes (Race 11). The stellar program gets underway at 12:45 p.m.
