Take Charge Indy [SEP] mother
, retired him to stud.
Background.
Take Charge Indy is a dark bay or brown horse with a white star bred by Eaton Sales of Lexington, Kentucky. His sire A P Indy won the Belmont Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1992 before going on to become a successful breeding stallion: his other progeny include Bernardini, Friesan Fire, Mineshaft, Pulpit and Rags to Riches. Take Charge Indy's dam, Take Charge Lady, was a top-class racemare whosse wins included the Ashland Stakes and
successive runnings of the Spinster Stakes. She is also the dam of the Travers Stakes winner Will Take Charge.
As a yearling, Take Charge Indy was consigned to the Keeneland Sales in September, but failed to find a buyer willing to pay the $80,000 reserve price. The colt was sent into training with the British-born Patrick Byrne, whose other successful horses have included Awesome Again and Favorite Trick. Take Charge Indy usually races in a set of black blinkers.
Racing career.
Racing career 2011: two