Graded Talent Makes for Competitive Bryan Station

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Point Me By wins the Bruce D. Stakes at Arlington International Racecourse

Although ungraded, the $150,000 Bryan Station Stakes on Keeneland's closing day drew a field worthy of a graded stakes-level competition. Thirteen sophomores drew into the Oct. 30 mile turf test, topped by Homewrecker Racing's grade 1 winner Point Me By , and grade 3 winners Like the King , Scarlett Sky , and Yes This Time .

Trained by Eddie Kenneally, the lightly raced Point Me By triumphed in Arlington International Racecourse's Bruce D. Stakes (G1T) Aug. 14 in his third career start. The Point of Entry   colt was backed up to 6 1/2 furlongs in the Sept. 11 Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs and the bay lacked the same finishing punch that carried him to victory in the Bruce D.

Adam Beschizza, who piloted Point Me By to his debut at Churchill Downs in June, has the mount for the Bryan Station.

Edge Racing's Yes This Time, the narrow morning-line favorite over Like the King on Saturday, has won five of his last seven starts for trainer Kelly Breen. The son of Not This Time   scored consecutive stakes wins in the May 8 English Channel Stakes at Gulfstream Park and July 3 Kent Stakes (G3T) at Delaware Park before finishing a troubled eighth when trying grade 1 company in the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T). He bounced back with a solid runner-up effort to Accredit  in the Sept. 5 Big Ass Fans Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs over the marathon distance of 1 5/16 miles.

Scarlett Sky, a game winner of the Kentucky Utilities Transylvania Stakes (G3T) here in April, enters the Bryan Station off a five-month layoff for the Stuart S. Janney III/Shug McGaughey duo. In the colt's last trip to the post, he was ninth in the American Turf Stakes Presented by Derby City Gaming (G2T) on Derby Day.

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My Prankster wins a maiden special weight Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Saratoga
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My Prankster breaks his maiden at Saratoga Race Course

One race before the Bryan Station, juvenile colts take to the main track in the $150,000 Bowman Mill Stakes. Robert and Lawana Low's My Prankster  ships into town and will look to rebound off of a lackluster fourth- place finish in the Oct. 2 Champagne Stakes (G1). The $600,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale yearling purchase obliterated a field of maidens by 10 widening lengths in his Aug. 21 Saratoga Race Course 6 1/2-furlong debut. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, My Prankster earned a 95 Equibase speed number for his performance.

The Into Mischief   colt returns to sprinting in the Bowman Mill and will be ridden by John Velazquez.

The eight-horse field includes graded stakes-placed Nakatomi , stakes winner Roger McQueen , and undefeated Steve Asmussen trainee Chattalot .


Entries: Bowman Mill S.

Keeneland, Saturday, October 30, 2021, Race 7

  • STK
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 2 yo
  • 4:12 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Roger McQueen (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Adam Beschizza 120 Larry Rivelli 8/1
2 2Chattalot (KY) Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Steven M. Asmussen 3/1
3 3Hope in Him (FL) Javier Castellano 118 Joseph F. Orseno 12/1
4 4Nakatomi (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Tyler Gaffalione 118 Wesley A. Ward 3/1
5 5Lucky Shot (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Dee Poulos 15/1
6 6Freelancer (KY) James Graham 118 Brendan P. Walsh 4/1
7 7My Prankster (KY) John R. Velazquez 118 Todd A. Pletcher 5/2
8 8Hungry Henry (ON)Keeneland Sales Graduate Reylu Gutierrez 118 John Alexander Ortiz 12/1


Entries: Bryan Station S.

Keeneland, Saturday, October 30, 2021, Race 8

  • STK
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo
  • 4:44 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Hot Blooded (FL) Miguel Mena 118 Carlos A. David 20/1
2 2In Effect (KY) Florent Geroux 118 Jack Sisterson 30/1
3 3Charles Chrome (KY) Julien R. Leparoux 118 J. Reeve McGaughey 10/1
4 4Perfect Silent Cat (KY) Luca Panici 118 Sharon Boland 30/1
5 5Hush of a Storm (NY) Chris Landeros 118 William E. Morey 20/1
6 6Like the King (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 118 Wesley A. Ward 4/1
7 7Point Me By (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Adam Beschizza 122 Eddie Kenneally 10/1
8 8Dyn O Mite (KY) James Graham 118 J. Keith Desormeaux 15/1
9 9Scarlett Sky (KY) Joel Rosario 120 Claude R. McGaughey III 10/1
10 10Yes This Time (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 120 Kelly J. Breen 3/1
11 11Camp Hope (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 118 Kenneth G. McPeek 3/1
12 12Dreamer's Disease (KY) David Cohen 118 Robertino Diodoro 12/1
13 13Gallant Guy (CA) Joseph Talamo 118 Reina E. Gonzalez 30/1