Willis Horton Racing LLC

Willis Horton has been in the game for years and had two champions in recent years in Will Take Charge and Take Charge Brandi. Champion 3-year-old male Will Take Charge won the Rebel Stakes, Travers Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby, and Clark Handicap en route to his 2013 Eclipse Award. Take Charge Brandi won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Delta Downs Princess Stakes, and Starlet Stakes in her 2014 season, which culminated in an Eclipse Award for 2-year-old filly.

Will Take Charge went on to win the Oaklawn Handicap and placed in the Whitney and Stephen Foster as an older horse, while Take Charge Brandi eventually sold for $6 million as a broodmare prospect.

Horton has won a big race at Churchill Downs during his time in the sport, winning the 2006 Kentucky Oaks (G1) with Lemons Forever. He hopes to win a bigger one in 2019, with homebred Long Range Toddy on the Kentucky Derby trail.