Bwana Charlie totes 137

Bwana Charlie will carry a load of 137 in Thursday’s Fall Highweight  (Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos.com)

Grade 2 winner BWANA CHARLIE (Indian Charlie), a
fast-finishing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) last out,
carries the top impost of 137 pounds in Thursday’s $100,000 Fall
Highweight H. (G3). A field of 11 will contest the six-furlong
Thanksgiving Day feature at the Big A that honors the long-time
tradition of carrying weight.

Trained by the record-setting Steve Asmussen, Bwana Charlie
owns wins in the Amsterdam S. (G2) and Lafayette S. (G3) this
year and has picked up the services of Stewart Elliott for the
Fall Highweight. Dwyer S. (G2) and Withers S. (G3) hero MEDALLIST
(Touch Gold) will carry the second highest assignment of 134
pounds.

The Todd Pletcher-trained FRIENDLY ISLAND (Crafty Friend), an
easy winner of the Hudson H. last out and trying open stakes
company for the first time, comes next on the scale at 130
pounds, making the three-year-olds the top three weighted
runners. Stakes winner DUBAI SHEIKH (Kayrawan), at 129 pounds,
tops the older horses.

The complete field, in post order with riders and hefty weight
assignments, is Friendly Island, John Velazquez; UNCLE CAMIE
(Abaginone), Mike Luzzi, 128; THUNDER TOUCH (Gulch), Rafael
Bejarano, 126; MAX’S BUDDY (Irish River [Fr]), Cornelio
Velasquez, 127; Bwana Charlie; PRIMARY SUSPECT (Hennessy), Pablo
Fragoso, 126; Medallist, Jose Santos; DON SIX (Wild Escapade),
Shaun Bridgmohan, 128; Dubai Sheikh, Edgar Prado; EAVESDROPPER
(Kingmambo), Jorge Chavez, 127; and PAPUA (Louis Quatorze),
Javier Castellano, 128.