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Fatal pelvic fractures are uncommon and usually unforeseeable. It is not possible to know exactly how the injury happened or any factors that may have led to its occurrence. Charismatic's beauty and gentle spirit will remain in our hearts forever. But maybe what fans remember most about the fairy-tale career of Charismatic, is that he lost. In spring of Charismatic rose to the top of the three-year old ranks from the misty depths of average horses by winning the GR2 Coolmore Lexington Stakes.

Coming down the stretch at Keeneland, ridden by jockey Chris Antley, who himself was rising from the ashes of his own drug and alcohol demons, Charismatic was a cinnamon matchstick suddenly on fire, he was Sleeping Beauty awaking from the long slumber. After winning the Kentucky Derby and then the Preakness Stakes, the unlikely Charismatic found himself on the threshold of being the 12 th Triple Crown champion.

But in the Belmont Stakes, he crossed the finish line in third place, pulled up with multiple fractures in his left front leg. And in that moment we knew that all was not lost at all. When Charismatic started in the Lexington Stakes G2 , few at Keeneland imagined a colt whose only wins were in two claiming races had a chance. He and Jerry Bailey surprised the crowd with a strong outside move that left the rest behind. When trainer D.

Wayne Lukas brought the big chestnut colt to Louisville, even fewer figured him for a Kentucky Derby winner. He went off at odds of But again he gave Antley what had become his signature move, a confident, commanding run from outside the mid- pack, proving beyond doubt that he was the best three year old in America. But the try for the Triple Crown finished in a career-ending injury.

Charismatic retired from stud at age 20 and arrived at Old Friends in December Lassie Dear en bay en. Gay Missile en. Charismatic en. Bali Babe chestnut en. Drone gray en. Cap and Bells en gray en. Ghazni en. Polynesian Charm bay en. Grey Flight en. Grass Shack en black en. Despite winning the Derby, he was sent off at odds while Menifee was the favorite. The Preakness was similar to the Derby, except that Charismatic posted a more decisive victory.

After the Derby and Preakness, the Charismatic bandwagon became standing room only territory. The combination of a former claimer, owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis and trained by Wayne Lukas with jockey trying to rebuild his career made the colt a national hero heading into the Belmont Stakes, where Charismatic faced a mile-and-a-half test that could put him the same company as Secretariat, Settle Slew, and Affirmed.

This time, the fans made Charismatic an favorite over 11 foes with his archrival Menifee the second choice. Yet this time, Charismatic could not pull away. He lacked the stretch kick that propelled him to victory at Churchill Downs and Pimlico. Lemon Drop Kid, a shot, caught him and edged way to a half-length lead over the Derby-Preakness winner at the eighth pole. The sense of disappointment at Belmont changed to shock in the next moment when Antley suddenly jumped off Charismatic shortly after he passed the finish line.

He was the best horse. At the end of the year, Charismatic was rewarded with the Eclipse Award as the champion 3-year-old male of Nearly 20 years later, that scene with Antley and Charismatic is probably what is remembered most about the champion colt. Yet in a storybook or Hollywood script that never would have happened. Instead, Charismatic would have taken the lead at the top of the stretch and dashed off to a spot in the Hall of Fame. But what happened on June 5, in the Belmont Stakes was a real-life, flesh-and-blood story that flies in the face of sentiment and reminds us that nothing should be taken for granted — even if it is the perfect storybook ending.

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