Trainers Mark and Norm Casse are set to face one another Monday as two of their promising juvenile fillies, Wonder Wheel and Les Bon Temps, headline the $175,000 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The six-furlong Debutante, a listed race, is carded as Race 7 of 9 with a post time of 3:50 p.m. (ET). First post is 12:45 p.m. (ET). The Debutante is part of a stakes trio on closing day of the track's Spring Meet. It shares the July 4 holiday racing spotlight with the $175,000 Bashford Manor Stakes or 2-year-olds and the $175,000 Hanshin Stakes, both also listed events.
Wonder Wheel, trained by the elder Casse for D.J. Stable, cruised to a 2 ¼-length debut triumph on June 3 at Churchill Downs. The daughter of Into Mischief has worked twice since her maiden victory including a swift :46.40 half-mile move Saturday, the best of 125 works recorded at the distance. Churchill Downs' leading rider Tyler Gaffalione will be back aboard.
Norm Casse is set to take on his father with one of his top 2-year-old filly prospects in Les Bon Temps.
Owned by Deuce Greathouse, Cindy Hutson, and Brett Setzer, Les Bon Temps held off Towhead in the final stages of the May 26 maiden special weight contest to win by a neck at odds of 4-5. The bay daughter of late sire Laoban will be ridden by Florent Geroux .
The $175,000 Debutante Stakes in post-position order (with jockey and trainer):
- Crackalacking (Ferrin Peterson, Sarah Hamilton)
- Eyes of Gold (Colby Hernandez, Larry Demeritte)
- Wonder Wheel (Tyler Gaffalione, Mark Casse)
- Sabra Tuff (Brian Hernandez Jr., Dallas Stewart)
- Les Bon Temps (Florent Geroux, Norm Casse)
- Frango Electrico (Rogelio Miranda, Ismael Bahena)
- Empire of My Own (Julien Leparoux, Steve Asmussen)
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