Will Take Charge Assigned 123 for Donn
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Will Take Charge, recently crowned 3-year-old champion male, will be the 123-pound highweight for his 4-year-old debut, the $500,000 Donn Handicap (gr. I) on Feb. 9 at Gulfstream Park.
Winner of the 2013 Travers Stakes (gr. I), Clark Handicap (gr. I) and Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) during his Eclipse Award-winning season for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, Willis Horton and Three Chimneys' blaze-faced chestnut son of Unbridled's Song and multiple grade I winner Take Charge Lady is scheduled to arrive at Gulfstream on Feb. 4. He will concede a minimum of four pounds to his rivals in the 1 1/8-mile event.
Todd Pletcher trainee Revolutionary was assigned 119 pounds. Winner of the Louisiana Derby (gr. II) and Withers Stakes (gr. III) last year, the dark bay War Pass colt made a successful return on Jan. 11 going a flat mile at Gulfstream.
Lea, who annexed the Jan. 11 Hal's Hope Handicap (gr. III) in his first start for another Hall of Famer, Bill Mott, will carry 117 pounds. River Seven, who set a Gulfstream track record in winning the Harlan's Holiday Stakes on Dec. 22 for trainer Nick Gonzalez, was assigned 116 pounds. Also in at the 116-pound level are Neck 'n Neck, third in the Hal's Hope for trainer Ian Wilkes; and Romansh, who was last seen winning the Discovery Handicap (gr. III) in November on behalf of trainer Tom Albertrani.