Mystik Bayou (Wells Bayou) exited the Saratoga maiden that produced 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' U.S.S. Valor (War of Will) where he ran third at odds of 13-1 just behind another familiar foe lined up again Saturday at Belmont Park in Tap Our Way (Tapit).Rail-drawn Mystrix (Good Magic), still a maiden but exiting a runner-up finish in the GI Hopeful Stakes Sept. 6, put up the fractions down the backstretch in this one-turn affair but just behind him sat Mystik Bayou and Tap Our Way and, once that pacesetter faded off the turn, it became a throw down between theses two rivals.Shaken up by Ricardo Santana Jr. for his best into the final furlong, the 6-1 shot proved best over Tap Our Way, turning the tables from that Saratoga result to lead in his rival by 4 1/4 lengths.The first winner for his freshman sire (by Lookin At Lucky), who was also co-owned by Lance Gasaway, Mystik Bayou is a half-brother to the 2024 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents), GISW, $4,819,160, both out of the Colonel John mare Ma'am who RNA'd at $2.9-million at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton November Sale.Now with three winners from as many to race, Ma'am produced an Into Mischief colt this year and returned to the perennial leading sire for 2027.1st-Belmont, $100,000, Msw, 10-3, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:42.03, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.MYSTIK BAYOU (c, 2, Wells Bayou–Ma'am, by Colonel John)Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $68,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.O/B-Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby & 4G Racing LLC (OK); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. MYSTIK BAYOU, the half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner MYSTIK DAN, breaks his maiden in the opener at 6-1 under @RSantana_Jr for trainer @KennyMcPeek. pic.twitter.com/QJh7qsGTlW— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 3, 2026The post Mystik Bayou, Half To Derby Winner Mystik Dan, Is First Winner For Wells Bayou appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.