Quick return no problem for Take Charge Star at Gowran Park
TAKING CHARGE: Take Charge Star powers to victory at Gowran Park in the hands of Ben Coen. Picture: Healy Racing
“It wasn’t ideal to run him back so soon after his debut, but we wanted to get him qualified for the Goffs Million,” Johnny Murtagh admitted after €300,000 purchase Take Charge Star proved a convincing winner of the two-year-old colts’ maiden in Gowran Park, quickening up nicely and staying on to beat Spangles Sands by two and a half lengths.
“Ben (Coen) was very happy with him in the Curragh, when he was a bit unlucky, and this was the only race for him ahead of the Million. I’m delighted with the way he won and delighted he’s won for new owners in the yard. And the €50,000 Goffs bonus makes it even better. He’s a nice colt, one of the nicest I have.”
