Algorithms, Sire Of Math Wizard, Sold To Stand In Uruguay

Algorithms, a Grade 3 winner and veteran sire, has been sold to a partnership of Uruguay breeders, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 12-year-old son of Bernardini had previously resided at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., where he entered stud in 2013.

He was purchased by a syndicate that includes Haras Los Mendez, Haras Estrella del Sur, and Haras Rapetti. When the Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons begins, he will stand at Haras Phillipson.

From six crops of racing age, Algorithms has sired 183 winners, and his runners have earned a combined $14.5 million.

The star of his stallion resume is Math Wizard, who upset the 2019 running of the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby. He is also the sire of Grade 3 winners Recruiting Ready and Rich Mommy, as well as consistent stakes winners He Hate Me and South Bend.

Algorithms won all three of his career starts, highlighted by the G3 Holy Bull Stakes, for earnings of $301,500.

Bred in Kentucky by Oakbrook Farm, Algorithms is out of the Grade 3-placed Cryptoclearance mare Ava Knowsthecode; a blue hen mare whose 10 winners from 12 runners also includes Grade 1 winners Justin Phillip and Greenpointcrusader, Grade 2 winner Keyed Entry, and Grade 3 winner Successful Mission.

Algorithms is the second Claiborne sire to join the stallion ranks in Uruguay this season, after Kentucky Derby winner Orb's sale was announced earlier this year.

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Will Take Charge, Midshipman Shuttling To Uruguay For Southern Hemisphere Season

A pair of Eclipse Award-winning sons of Unbridled's Song will shuttle to Haras Phillipson in Uruguay for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season, in Will Take Charge and Midshipman, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

Will Take Charge, an 11-year-old son of Unbridled's Song, will ship to Haras Phillipson for the second consecutive year. He is wrapping up his seventh Northern Hemisphere season at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., where he stood for an advertised fee of $5,000.

From four crops of racing age, Will Take Charge has sired 132 winners and he's compiled progeny earnings of more than $10.4 million. His runners are led by Grade 3 winner Will's Secret and Grade 1-placed Manny Wah. In South America, his offspring include Peruvian Group 2 winner Esidio.

Will Take Charge earned the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old male in 2013 on the strength of a campaign that included wins in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes and Clark Handicap, the G2 Rebel Stakes and Pennsylvania Derby, and the G3 Smarty Jones Stakes, along with a runner-up effort in the Breeders' Cup Classic. At four, he won the G2 Razorback Handicap and ran second in the G1 Santa Anita Handicap, Donn Handicap, and Stephen Foster Handicap.

Midshipman is a veteran of the South American breeding ranks, having previously shuttled to farms in Brazil and Chile. The 15-year-old stands at Darley America in Lexington, Ky., where he was advertised in 2021 for $7,500.

With eight crops of racing age, Midshipman has sired 310 winners with combined progeny earnings of more than $28.4 million. Domestically, his highlights at stud include Grade 2 winner Princess Warrior, and Grade 3 winners including Lady Shipman and Sassy Sienna.

Midshipman has seen his greatest success in the Southern Hemisphere, including Brazilian 2,000 Guineas winner Royal Ship, who later shipped to the U.S. and became a Grade 2 winner. Other Southern Hemisphere runners of note include Brazilian Group 1 winners Tanganyka and Tweet, as well as Chilean Group 1 winner Succeso.

Midshipman was named champion 2-year-old male of 2008, after winning that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the G1 Del Mar Futurity.

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Will Take Charge Shuttling To Uruguay For Southern Hemisphere Season

Champion Will Take Charge will shuttle to Haras Phillipson in Uruguay for the 2020 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

Will Take Charge, a 10-year-old son of Unbridled's Song, stands the Northern Hemisphere season at Three Chimneys in Midway, Ky., where he was most recently advertised for a fee of $15,000.

He is the sire of three crops of racing age, highlighted by Grade 1-placed Manny Wah, Grade 2-placed High Regard and Sweet Diane, and stakes winners Kim K, Great Sister Diane, and Cashcheckorcharge.

Will Take Charge is out of 2013 Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, a multiple Grade 1-winning Dehere mare whose other runners of note include Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy and winner Charming, who is herself the dal of champion Take Charge Brandi and Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach.

On his own accord, Will Take Charge won seven of 21 starts for earnings of $3,924,648. He earned the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old male in 2013 off a campaign that included scores in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes and Clark Handicap, the G2 Pennsylvania Derby and Rebel Stakes, and the non-graded Smarty Jones Stakes. He also finished second in that year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

Will Take Charge came back at four to win the G2 Oaklawn Handicap, and finish in the money in the G1 Santa Anita Handicap, Stephen Foster Handicap, Donn Handicap, and Whitney Stakes.

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