Horse Racing News on March 28, 2013

Successful Song was supposed to be embarking on a new career as a broodmare by now, but her connections at Live Oak Plantation changed the plan for their homebred daughter of Successful Appeal thanks to her winning ways during the Gulfstream Park meet

She couldn't catch Live Lively in her seasonal debut five weeks earlier, but Dreaming of Julia figures to be much tighter for their next engagement in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks March 30 at Gulfstream Park.

A year after Take Charge Indy left seven other 3-year-olds in his wake with a front-running score in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, he returns as one of the favorites in the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes March 30.

There's no doubt Optimizer has been a different horse since Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas moved him to grass -- the grass at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in particular.