Kentucky Derby contender Take Charge Indy injured; undergoes surgery

The Horse reports: Chuck and Maribeth Sandford's Take Charge Indy will undergo surgery this week to remove a bone chip from his left front pastern, an injury he sustained during the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). Trainer Pat Byrne said the injury is not career threatening and the colt could…

Kentucky Derby: Racing with 22,000 pounds of trouble

"The 20-horse Derby field lets in owners who should be eating hot dogs at Beulah Park in Ohio. Few of the half-dozen or more undeserving horses racing in the Derby are ever heard from again. You say you had a horse in the Derby? So did around 200 others last decade. So writes Jay Cronley…