Take Charge Lady raced once at Oaklawn Park, finishing second by a head to Horse of the Year Azeri in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap in 2003. But Take Charge Lady was a big winner last Saturday at the Hot Springs, Ark., track, as the common thread between the winners of the two divisions of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes. Long Range Toddy, who rallied to hand favored Improbable his first defeat in the first division of the Rebel, is by Take Charge Lady’s son Take Charge Indy. Omaha Beach, who nosed out previously unbeaten champion Game Winner in the second division of the Kentucky Derby prep, is out of Take Charge Lady’s daughter Charming. “I’m beyond proud of Take Charge Lady and her contribution to the breed,” said Ken McPeek, who trained Take Charge Lady to three Grade 1 triumphs, with more than $2.4 million in earnings. “She was all class to have trained, and to see her sons and daughters continue that class is so cool.” Long Range Toddy, who runs as a homebred for Willis Horton, is the sixth graded or group stakes winner by Take Charge Indy, winner of the 2012 Florida Derby. Take Charge Indy is one of two Grade 1 winners out of Take Charge Lady, who was honored as the 2013 Broodmare of the Year after her son Will Take Charge earned an Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old male. Will Take Charge, by Unbridled’s Song, was campaigned by Horton. He revisited the successful pedigree pattern in reverse with Long Range Toddy, breeding his Unbridled’s Song mare Pleasant Song to Take Charge Indy. Omaha Beach, by War Front, races for Fox Hill Farm. The colt is the second graded stakes performer out of Take Charge Lady’s winning daughter Charming. A Seeking the Gold mare, Charming is the dam of 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and Eclipse champion Take Charge Brandi, who was campaigned by Horton. War Front has Derby hopefuls War Front raced exclusively on dirt, and was a Grade 2 winner and multiple Grade 1-placed. Now standing at Claiborne Farm, the son of Danzig has been a multi-surface sire, making international headlines with top-flight turf runners such as European champion Lady Aurelia. War Front, the most expensive stallion in North America for 2019 with a $250,000 stud fee, now has a pair of Kentucky Derby hopefuls for the spring – both of whom began their career on turf. War of Will has won all three of his starts since switching to dirt, taking the Grade 3 Lecomte, in which he earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 94, and the Grade 2 Risen Star, in which he posted a 92. He has been installed as the favorite for Saturday’s Grade 2 Louisiana Derby. All three races are at Fair Grounds. Omaha Beach won a division of last weekend’s Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, confirming his quality by edging champion juvenile Game Winner. Omaha Beach is now 2 for 3 on dirt. He romped by nine lengths in a maiden race with a 90 Beyer before earning a 96 in the Rebel. With these two sons combining to post four Beyer Figures of 90 or above, War Front now sits atop Daily Racing Form’s Beyer Sire Performance Standings for sires of 3-year-olds early this season.