The first two reported foals for Gainesway’s multiple graded stakes winner CHARGE IT were born on Jan. 5, with one arriving at the Brogden family’s Machmer Hall in Paris, Ky., and the other delivered at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Machmer Hall saw the arrival of a bay colt, the first foal out of stakes-placed winner Six Sense (by Violence). A half-sister to stakes winner Zanthique, out of the Grade 2-placed mare Qualia, Six Sense sold for $105,000 with the CHARGE IT colt in-utero at the 2025 Keeneland November Sale.
“The colt is healthy and doing great,” said Machmer Hall’s Carrie Brogden. “He is the first of three CHARGE IT babies expected here at Machmer Hall this year. When I first laid eyes on this beautiful stallion, I knew we had to have a share in him. We are delighted to support him with multiple mares in 2025, 2026, and beyond.”
At Darby Dan Farm, the Ghostzapper mare Overt had a filly for breeder Healthy Wood Co. Ltd. This is the third foal out of Overt, a daughter of Grade 3 winner Antipathy and from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners, Scat Daddy and Likeable Style.
A son of cornerstone Gainesway sire TAPIT, CHARGE IT was a brilliant homebred for Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm under trainer Todd Pletcher.
His 3-year-old campaign was highlighted by an eye-popping 23-length victory in the one-mile Dwyer Stakes (G3), where he earned a career-best 111 Beyer Speed Figure. At four, CHARGE IT had another dominant victory with a 4 ¾ length win in the 1 ¼ mile Suburban Stakes (G2). His 106 Beyer in the Suburban tied for the highest figure at the classic distance in 2023.
CHARGE IT hails from one of the modern stud book’s most prominent families. He is bred on the same cross as Horse of the Year Flightline being out of the Indian Charlie mare, I’ll Take Charge, herself a $2.2 million yearling. His second dam is the multiple Grade I winner and Broodmare of the Year, Take Charge Lady. Take Charge Lady is the dam of champion Will Take Charge and Grade 1 winners Take Charge Indy and As Time Goes By. She is also the granddam of champion Take Charge Brandi and Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach.
CHARGE IT was extremely well received by breeders in his debut season at stud, covering 235 mares – the fifth most of any North American stallion in 2025. He will stand for an advertised fee of $12,500.