Take Charge Brandi Back with Lukas

Eclipse champion juvenile filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) has returned to the Oaklawn barn of trainer D. Wayne Lukas after undergoing surgery at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington last week. The Willis Horton runner was forced to miss last week’s GII Rebel S. after suffering a chip in her knee. She is expected to get 60 days of rehabilitation before returning to training. “We’ll walk her twice a day in that second 30-day session, and she won’t lose much conditioning,” Lukas said. “She’ll be ready for the opening of Saratoga, for sure.”