The TRF's Maggie Sweet is the Gainesway Guest of the Week on TDN Writers' Room

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00:00It is now time for the Gainesville guests of the week,

00:02and I'm very happy to introduce Maggie Sweet.

00:05She is the Executive Director

00:07for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

00:10We often get horses who have been through

00:12a number of other aftercare organizations.

00:16I think the ideal timeline of a horse is,

00:19you know, say five years on the racetrack,

00:21then you go on to a second athletic career,

00:23then maybe you step down to, you know,

00:26you're a lesson horse,

00:28and then you've got a 15-year-old

00:30who suddenly there's no place for that horse to go,

00:33and the horse still has 15 years of life.

00:35The guest of the week is brought to you by Gainesway,

00:38home to four new stallions this year,

00:40including Chargit.

00:42Chargit registered buyer speed figures

00:45of 100 or higher on four occasions.

00:48He won the grade three one-mile guire

00:50by an outstanding 23 lengths,

00:53earning a career-best 111 buyer speed figure.

00:57Chargit also posted 106 buyer

01:00in the grade two suburban stakes at a mile and a quarter,

01:03with a four and a three-quarter length victory there,

01:06tying the highest figure of all horses

01:09going that distance in 2023.

01:12A dominating multiple-graded stakes winner,

01:15the son of Tapit, stands at Gainesway for initial fee,

01:18this is a bargain basement fee, of $12,500.

01:23Gainesway, power, passion, performance.

01:28♪♪

01:33Chargit is pouring it on,

01:35winning the guire by the length of the stretch.

01:38♪♪

01:44Chargit wins it convincingly in this grade two suburban.

01:48♪♪