Ten Fillies Trying to Make the Grade in the $200,000 Pocahontas Stakes

The morning line favorite in the wide open race is Take Charge Brandi at odds of 7-2 for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. The chestnut filly, a daughter of Giant’s Causeway out of a half-sister to champion Will Take Charge, was purchased for $435,000 as a yearling. Regular rider Corey Lanerie will retain the mount after the pair finished fifth in the Adirondack (G2) at Saratoga. She broke her maiden at Churchill Downs at first asking and has had a bullet workout since shipping back to Kentucky.

Pangburn gets a surface switch after maiden win

Second choice at morning line odds of 9-2 is Pangburn. The bay filly, sired by Congrats, is trained by Ken McPeek and will have Joel Rosario in the irons for the first time. She broke her maiden in her debut effort at Ellis Park in July going one mile on the turf. She will be trying dirt for the first time in her first effort against stakes company but is proven around two turns. Pangburn will break from post position five.

True To You stretching out for first try against winners

Also in the field and breaking from the outside post at odds of 6-1 is the Tom Amoss-trained filly, True To You. Purchased for $115,000 earlier this year for Midwest Thoroughbreds, the dark bay daughter of Scat Daddy will be trying winners for the first time after breaking her maiden first time out at Indiana Downs. Martin Pedroza will be aboard as the filly attempts dirt for the first time.