Take Chuck
and Maribeth Sandford, for example. They got into the horse business for a
hobby. The couple, who hails from Marengo, Ill. in McHenry County, own a horse
called Take Charge Indy. He’s no ordinary horse, not by a long shot. That’s
because Take Charge Indy, a three-year old colt, has won $721,000 during his
six race career winning twice and finishing second two times.
And there’s
more.
Now? Well,
the couple has a horse in Kentucky Derby 2012!
Take Charge
Indy is posted at generous odds of 15-1, even after he upset the field by
winning the Florida Derby on March 31 at Gulfstream Park. A son of the great
A.P. Indy, the colt finished fifth as a two-year old in the Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile at Churchill Downs last November losing by just 6-1/4 lengths.
The trainer
of Take Charge Indy is Patrick Byrne, known as one of the best conditioners in
the game of young horses. The colt will be ridden by jockey Calvin Borel, who
has won the Kentucky Derby three times, including a win on Street Sense, owned
by Jim Tafel of Barrington, Ill., in the 2007 Kentucky Derby.
There will
be thousands of fans nationwide cheering for Take Charge Indy to win this
year’s Kentucky Derby and along with them will be every “ordinary” guy and gal
who ever aspired to own a horse that would compete in a race called “the most exciting
two minutes in sports.”
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