Ways And Means Cruises Over Slop To Get Gallant Bloom Stakes At Big A

[Wandering Eyes]

Looking like a pro, 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke–Strong Incentive, by Warrior's Reward) skimmed the Aqueduct slop and easily took home the GII Gallant Bloom Stakes on Sunday afternoon.

Last seen caputuring the GI Test Stakes at Saratoga last month, the heavy favorite here exited the gate and tracked Nic's Style (Uncaptured) up the backstretch. When it was time for jockey Flavien Prat to move at the top of the lane, the homebred responded and splashed home a no-doubt winner by four lengths.

Sunday, Belmont at Aqueduct
GALLANT BLOOM S.-GII, $242,500, Belmont The Big A, 9-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:15.46, sy.
1–WAYS AND MEANS, 122, f, 3, by Practical Joke
                1st Dam: Strong Incentive (SW, $123,568),
                                by Warrior's Reward
                2nd Dam: G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip
                3rd Dam: Parfait, by Kingmambo
'TDN Rising Star' O/B-Klaravich Stables (KY); T-Chad C. Brown;
J-Flavien Prat. $137,500. Lifetime Record: GISW, 7-4-2-0,
$707,000. *1/2 to Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), GISW,
$547,100; and to Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), GSW,
$667,375. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*.
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2–Nic's Style, 122, f, 4, Uncaptured–Sense When, by Street
Sense. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($25,000
Ylg '21 OBSOCT). O-Stephen Rousseau; B-D'Oyen
Thoroughbreds LLC (FL); T-William I. Mott. $50,000.
3–Sterling Silver, 122, m, 5, Cupid–Sheet Humor, by Distorted
Humor. ($13,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-Mark T. Anderson;
B-Mallory & Karen Mort (NY); T-William I. Mott. $30,000.
Margins: 4, 2 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.45, 2.45, 5.20.
Also Ran: Hot Fudge, Pacific Rose.
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WAYS AND MEANS, the 3YO daughter of @coolmoreamerica stallion Practical Joke, wins the Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) impressively with Flavien Prat up for Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/GHRM8CqA4F

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) September 29, 2024

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