Take Charge Brandi eyes Test; Mr. Z to Ohio Derby

Willis Horton's champion

two-year-old filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) galloped on the

Churchill Downs main track Friday morning

for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

A non-displaced bone chip in her right

knee was found before last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner was

scheduled to start in the Rebel (G2) in March at Oaklawn, which forced her to

miss 60 days of training.

"She's doing fine," Lukas said. "We've got a routine getting her fit and

everything but were just moving her along to get her fit enough for some serious

works."

Lukas is targeting the $500,000 Test (G1) on Auguat 8 at Saratoga for Take Charge

Brandi's return. She last raced when she won the

Martha Washington at Oaklawn on January 31.

"We'd like to make the Test, it's on our radar," Lukas said. "It'd be a nice

starting point. It's a Grade 1 and it's seven-eighths (of a mile). She's filled

out and she really looks good right now. It's just like with American Pharoah (Pioneerof

the Nile), sometimes they get hurt but it helps them in the long run."