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.