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Related: About this forumFormer Derby, Preakness winner Charismatic dies
Source: Associated Press
Former Derby, Preakness winner Charismatic dies
By BRUCE SCHREINER and GARY B. GRAVES
Feb. 20, 2017 11:18 AM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic, whose bid for the Triple Crown ended with a dramatic leg injury as he neared the finish line in the Belmont Stakes, has died at a thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky.
The striking chestnut horse that won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 1999 was found dead in his stall Sunday at Old Friends farm near Georgetown, Kentucky, the farm said.
"Right now, everyone is pretty much inconsolable," Old Friends President Michael Blowen said. "He was a really tough horse and he deserved a much longer retirement. ... Everyone at Old Friends takes solace from the few great months that this great champion gave us."
The stallion ate all his food Saturday and looked fine, Blowen said Monday. The cause of death is unknown and a full necropsy was being done. The farm said Charismatic was 21.
Charismatic arrived at Old Friends last December after a long stud career in Japan. He quickly became a favorite among the farm's visitors in central Kentucky.
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By BRUCE SCHREINER and GARY B. GRAVES
Feb. 20, 2017 11:18 AM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic, whose bid for the Triple Crown ended with a dramatic leg injury as he neared the finish line in the Belmont Stakes, has died at a thoroughbred retirement farm in Kentucky.
The striking chestnut horse that won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 1999 was found dead in his stall Sunday at Old Friends farm near Georgetown, Kentucky, the farm said.
"Right now, everyone is pretty much inconsolable," Old Friends President Michael Blowen said. "He was a really tough horse and he deserved a much longer retirement. ... Everyone at Old Friends takes solace from the few great months that this great champion gave us."
The stallion ate all his food Saturday and looked fine, Blowen said Monday. The cause of death is unknown and a full necropsy was being done. The farm said Charismatic was 21.
Charismatic arrived at Old Friends last December after a long stud career in Japan. He quickly became a favorite among the farm's visitors in central Kentucky.
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Former Derby, Preakness winner Charismatic dies (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2017
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,619 posts)1. What sad news this is.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. R.I.P. Charismatic.
He lived a good life after that disastrous injury.
twogunsid
(1,607 posts)3. May his bones Rest In Peace; may his Spirit live Forever....
....Charismatic had just returned home to Kentucky after standing his stallion career in Japan.