Racing

Heartily Tops Bowman Mill Field Of Seven

Trainer Wesley Ward, whose runners have captured two of the previous five runnings of the Bowman Mill, will shoot for a third with Lael Stables’ Heartily in the $250,000 race for 2-year-olds that drew a field of seven going 6 furlongs on the main track on next Saturday’s Fall Meet closing-day program.

Heartily is one of three entrants in the field to have started this meet having closed the Oct. 4 program with a 6½-length romp in his debut. John Velazquez has the mount from post 1.

Ward also entered Outfielder who he owns with Amo Racing and Jayson Werth. A two-time winner in three starts, Outfielder won here on the Oct. 4 program and will be ridden by Frankie Dettori from post 3.

The field for the Bowman Mill, with trainers, riders and weights from the rail out, is: 

PostHorseTrainerJockeyWeight
1HeartilyWesley WardJohn Velazquez118 lbs.
2Just DeedsJohn OrtizDanilo Grisales Rave118
3OutfielderWesley WardFrankie Dettori118
4Strategic ReserveSaffie Joseph Jr.Tyler Gaffalione118
5Spun D M CRandy MorseIrad Ortiz Jr.118
6GallivantBen ColebrookLuan Machado118
7Super KickEoin HartyLuis Saez118