Brandi’ Plans Still Up in Air

Plans for Willis Horton’s champion 2-year-old filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) are still very much up in the air, but the D. Wayne Lukas trainee is expected to be entered next Wednesday for Oaklawn’s Mar. 7 GIII Honeybee S. The GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and GI Starlet S. heroine is also being considered for the GII Rebel S. against males Mar. 14. 

Lukas said entering the Honeybee next week will allow he and Horton to further evaluate how deep the fields for each race will likely be. “By then we’ll know how each race is shaping up,” the Hall of Famer explained, adding, “All the votes aren’t equal. I present the facts as I see them as a horse trainer, but the owner’s decision will be his. Whatever he does, I will support.” 

According to Lukas, he and Horton, who also enjoyed recent success with 2013 champion 3-year-old Will Take Charge (Unbridled’s Song), remain on the same page. “We’re not at a point in our discussion where one of us is saying one thing and the other is saying the other,” Lukas said. “We’re pretty good.”

Take Charge Brandi most recently annexed Oaklawn’s Martha Washington S. by a head Jan. 31.