Saint Liam Assigned 121 for Stephen Foster
Updated: Saturday, June 11, 2005 7:19 PM
Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2005 7:19 PM
(from Churchill Downs notes)Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren's Saint Liam, winner of the Donn Handicap (gr. I) and Clark Handicap (gr. II), has been assigned high weight of 121 pounds for next Saturday's $750,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
Saint Liam would concede from two to 13 pounds to the other 23 nominees in the weight assignments released Saturday by racing secretary Doug Bredar.
Other horses considered likely or possible (with assigned weights) for the Stephen Foster include: Badge of Silver (119), Perfect Drift (117), Pollard's Vision (117), Second of June (117), Colonial Colony (114), Eurosilver (113), M B Sea (113) and Gouldings Green (112).
The "Stephen Foster Super Saturday" card includes six stakes events with combined purses of $1.75 million.
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