Good Cheer, Take Charge Milady Log Workouts For Alabama originally appeared on Paulick Report.

Godolphin’s Kentucky Oaks (G1)-winning homebred Good Cheer breezed a half-mile in :48.25 over the Saratoga Race Course main track on Saturday as she prepares for the $600,000 Alabama (G1) presented by Keeneland Sales going 1 1/4 miles next Saturday at the Spa.

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Trained by Brad Cox, the Medaglia d’Oro bay was 7-for-7 before a last-out fifth in the nine-furlong DK Horse Acorn (G1) on June 6 at the upstate New York track. Regular rider Luis Saez was aboard Good Cheer for Saturday’s move as she completed her preparations to return from the over two-month layoff.

“She looked great,” Blake Cox said, on-site for the breeze as the assistant trainer to his father Brad. “48 and change, out in 1:01. Luis was on her. Nice smooth half, out five-eighths, I’m very happy with that.”

Good Cheer was flat in the Acorn when finishing 9 1/4 lengths back of probable returning rival La Cara over the sloppy and sealed main track. Blake Cox said the bay is showing the right signs going into the Alabama.

“She’s doing great,” said Cox. “She has put on weight since the Acorn. Luis got off of her today and said, ‘That felt like the work right before the Kentucky Oaks.’”

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Good Cheer has earned over $1.7 million and is in the conversation for Champion 3-Year-Old Filly through her Kentucky Oaks score and annual Grade 2 scores in the Rachel Alexandra and Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds.

Cox added that Baron Stable and WinStar Farm’s Margie’s Intention, the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) winner in May at Pimlico, remains under consideration for the Alabama and will work on Sunday at Saratoga.

Take Charge Milady Breezes Half Mile

James Ball, Magdalena Racing and Kenneth Rhodes’ Grade 1-placed Take Charge Milady breezed on Saturday over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma dirt training track, covering a half-mile in 48.44 seconds to the outside of maiden Delicious Diva.

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Take Charge Milady is gearing up for a likely start in the Alabama.

Trained by Ken McPeek, the daughter of Take Charge Indy was last seen finishing last-of-4 in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) on July 19 at Saratoga after tracking wide and failing to threaten in the late stages. She earned a Grade 1-placing when second to Alabama aspirant La Cara in the Ashland (G1) in April at Keeneland.

“She worked good, a maintenance work to keep her happy,” said McPeek’s assistant Francisco Serrano. “Her last race was a short field, and she was outside, so I think that cost her.”

Take Charge Milady won her first two starts this year when graduating at third asking and coming back to win the Martha Washington (L), both at Oaklawn Park. She went on to finish off-the-board in the Kentucky Oaks on May 2 at Churchill Downs, but rebounded with a neck victory over reigning Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Immersive in the Monomoy Girl on June 14 at the Louisville track.

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The $60,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase is out of the winning Scat Daddy mare Price too High, and boasts a lifetime record of 9-3-2-0 with $568,669 in total purse earnings.

This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Aug 9, 2025, where it first appeared.