Will Take Charge

Bettor Memories Best At Yonkers

February 02, 2020

Bettor Memories did it the hard way Saturday night (Feb. 1), as he ultimately prevailed in Yonkers Raceway’s $35,000 Preferred Handicap Pace after having charged into contention with a first-up foray.

Stratton Sweeps Yonkers Opens

December 08, 2019

Jordan Stratton took down both halves of Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $42,000 Open Handicaps Saturday night (Dec. 7), doing so with Will Take Charge and big-table-debuting Raukapuka Ruler N.

Bettors Wish Wins Messenger Elim

August 24, 2019

It was a ‘Non-Bettors Wish’ Saturday night during Yonkers Raceway’s eliminations for the 64th Messenger Stakes.

Opens To Scott Rocks, Will Take Charge

Scott Rocks and Will Take Charge both went the distance Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s pair of $46,000 co-featured Open Handicaps.

Will Take Charge Becomes A Millionaire

Hard-knocking Will Take Charge did not have to work that hard Saturday night (June 22), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 co-featured Open Handicap Trot and becoming a career millionaire along the way...

'Luca', 'Charge' Take Yonkers Features

A pocketed Caviart Luca and an off-the-pace Will Take Charge were the Saturday night (June 8) standouts, winning Yonkers Raceway’s pair of $44,000 Open Handicaps.

Faves First In Yonkers Features

Yonkers Raceway’s Saturday night, May 11 soiree saw a pair of odds-on entities take advantage of generous getaways in the $44,000 co-features, plus a visit from the Reynolds Memorial crowd.

Stars To Align Saturday At The 'Big M'

Meadowlands Racetrack will open the 2019 Championship Meet with several champions making appearances in stakes competition on Saturday, May 4.

Will Take Charge Set For Debut

Jeff Gillis has no complaints about Will Take Charge’s 2018 season, a campaign that saw the gelding finish fifth on the money list for older trotters and capture the O'Brien Award for older trotting h...

Will Take Charge Surfaces

After having not recorded a charted mile since last fall’s TVG Free For All Trot at the Meadowlands Racetrack, Will Take Charge, who was voted as Canada’s 2018 Older Trotting Horse of the Year, surfac...

Absence Makes A Heart Grow Fonder

February 13, 2019

"It feels fantastic really. It’s something that seemed like a regular thing for us for awhile. But it’s been five years since I’ve been here and you start to appreciate how difficult it is [to win]."

2018 O’Brien Winners Announced

February 02, 2019

On Saturday, February 2, Standardbred Canada announced the winners for the 2018 O’Brien Awards, at the 30th edition of the annual O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala held at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadow...

Gillis Takes Charge And Rebounds

January 24, 2019

Jeff Gillis is no stranger to success at the highest level in harness racing, and no stranger to the O'Brien Awards as the trainer of multiple champions while also winning Canada's Trainer of the Year...