Charismatic dies at 21; horse won 2 legs of Triple Crown
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 who won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 1999 was found dead in his stall Sunday at Old Friends farm near Georgetown, Ky., the farm said. Charismatic arrived at Old Friends in December after a long stud career in Japan. “He connected... Читать дальше...