Velazquez, a four-time Woodward-winning jockey, will maintain the mount aboard Charge It from post 1. 'I think the way he's been training and the little bit of extra time since the Whitney hopefully has him in peak form.'Ĭharge It is out of the Indian Charlie mare I'll Take Charge, whose Grade 1-winning dam Take Charge Lady produced 2013 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Will Take Charge, Grade 1-winner Take Charge Indy and Charming - the dam of Grade 1-winning millionaire and freshman sire Omaha Beach as well as 2014 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Take Charge Brandi. 'His last breeze was very good,' Pletcher said. Johnny felt like maybe he made a bit of a mistake with him, but I thought he ran decently, I just didn't think he ran his `A' race.'Ĭharge It recently breezed an easy half-mile in 51.55 seconds on Saturday over Saratoga's Oklahoma training track. 'Hopefully, he gets back to one of his best races. I'm very happy with the way he's been training,' said Pletcher, whose other Woodward winners include Lawyer Ron, Quality Road, and Liam's Map. Pletcher, who saddled last year's winner Life Is Good, will look to be the first trainer to secure back-to-back Woodwards since fellow Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen saddled Curlin and Rachel Alexandra. He rounded out his 2022 campaign with a 23-length romp in the Grade 3 Dwyer going a one-turn mile at Belmont Park.Ī victory would provide Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher with his fifth Woodward conquest. This effort came following a pacesetting 4 3/4-length win in the Grade 2 Suburban on July 8 going 10 furlongs at Belmont Park, where the 4-year-old gray son of Tapit made amends from three straight losses at graded stakes level.Ĭharge It displayed talent during his sophomore season, finishing a game second to White Abarrio in the Grade 1 Florida Derby last April at Gulfstream Park before finishing 17th in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. There, he raced in between horses when a close fifth down the backstretch and was shuffled back to last-of-6 around the far turn before moving to the rail and making a run under Hall of Famer John Velazquez, but finished 10 lengths behind the victorious White Abarrio.

Charge It enters the Woodward from a distant fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Whitney on August 5 at Saratoga Race Course.

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