Schuylerville Next for Take Charge Brandi
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Following her 2 ½-length debut victory, Willis D. Horton’s Take Charge Brandi was reported in good shape and will point to the $150,000 Schuylerville (GIII) on July 18, the opening day of the 2014
Saratoga meeting for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
“She came out perfect,” Lukas said. “It was a very easy race for her and we’ll point for the Schuylerville up at Saratoga next.”
Take Charge Brandi is out of a half-sister to champion Will Take Charge,
also owned by Horton and trained by Lukas, who was second in the
Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (GI) in his last start
under the Twin Spires.
“It’s such a great family,”
Lukas said. “Other than them both being chestnuts I think they both
move really well and have just a good efficiency of motion. I don’t
think a distance is going to be any problem for
the filly and it’s not for Will Take Charge either. I’d say they both
are without distance limitations.”
Lukas also mentioned that the Whitney Invitational Handicap (GI) on Aug. 2 would be a likely next start for Will Take Charge.
The connections of Lukas and Horton also have Laurie’s Rocket, who has drawn post two for Saturday’s $65,000-added Kelly’s Landing.
“It’s a big step forward,” Lukas said. “He’s coming off a long layoff, but there was really no place else to run him. We were trying to get him in something else but we just couldn’t get the races to go. We’re probably going to need this race to set us up for Saratoga. He likes the track and likes the distance but like I think he might just need a race.”
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