Buffalo: BJM's Lil Man comes up big in New York Sire Stakes

BJM's Lil Man ($2.40) stood tall in the $106,300 New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 17) with a hard-fought 1 1/4 length victory over Low Inside in 1:59 4/5 over the fast track.

After romping to a 10 length victory in the Excelsior Series at Vernon Downs on July 4, BJM's Lil Man jumped back into the New York Sire Stakes.

Banksy Monkey and Karinchak each broke stride behind the starting gate, thus leaving just five gentlemen to battle it out the rest of the way.

Low Inside (Dan Daley) got the early lead but saw that wiped away as BJM's Lil Man (Tyler Buter) quickly marched back to the top. With fractions of 29 3/5, 1:00 and 1:30 1/5, things were about to get interesting down the stretch for BJM's Lil Man.

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Security Code S (Niko Karna) was first-over and was on even-terms with BJM's Lil Man turning for home while Low Inside was sitting in the pocket and went inside, making a move toward the lead as well. But midway down the long stretch, BJM's Lil Man found a final burst of energy and managed to give himself some daylight hitting the finish line, beating Low Inside, while Security Code S had to settle for third.

Owned by Joseph Meaney and trained by John Berger, it was the second victory in three starts for BJM's Lil Man (Devious Man-Vixen). The win improved his seasonal earnings to $63,150.

In the $20,000 Excelsior Series for the freshmen trotters, Logo (John MacDonald) held back Doctor Strange (John Stark Jr.) by 2 1/2 lengths. He covered the mile in 2:01 2/5 and returned $5.50 for the triumph.

The second division saw Cheques In Limbo (Kevin Cummings) score a popular $3.00 victory in defeating Chapamando (MacDonald) by 1 1/2 lengths in 2:03 3/5.

--press release (Buffalo)--