Named a First Team Rookie by Paulick Report’s Joe Nevills last year, CHARGE IT is following in KARAKONTIE’s footsteps with back-to-back All-Value Sire team awards after being named to First Team Prospect this year.
An impressive 23-length winner of the Dwyer S. (G3) and an eye-catching second in the Florida Derby (G1) just three starts into his career, CHARGE IT also boasts a strong pedigree behind him. The TAPIT son is out of a daughter of multiple Grade 1 winner and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, whose descendants include proven stallions such as her son Take Charge Indy and grandson Omaha Beach.
The stallion proved popular in the breeding shed in 2025 as well. He bred 235 mares as the fifth most active North American sire. Retirement has been good to the stallion with Nevills impressed with how he’s filled out this year.
“I’m always interested to see how stallions develop physically between years one and two at stud, as their bodies begin to fully adjust from the rigor and routines of racetrack life. Charge It was already an imposing specimen ahead of his debut season, standing at 16.2 hands, and getting a lot of muscle power from his broodmare sire Indian Charlie; the same wellspring that has dotted the land with muscular sons of Uncle Mo,” he said.
“Stud life has been good to Charge It, who looks even sturdier in year two. He has a strong, square shoulder, a lot of power behind, and a big, solid foot, which is a welcome sight to support a frame as big as his.”
Standing for $12,500 in 2026 with a strong crop of foals set to hit the ground, Nevills is looking forward to the stallion’s future with expectations his first crop will hit the track running in 2028.
“It’s just so easy to get excited about Charge It. It’s all blue sky until his youngsters hit the foaling stalls, the sales rings, and the racetracks, but most stallions never have this level of excitement around them on their best days. I hope breeders stick with him as he heads into those daunting second through fourth books,” Nevills said.
Read his full analysis of the regally-bred TAPIT son here.