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 | | With New York, and the Belmont waiting, it was the stuff of horse racing dreams. |
 | | What they got instead, moments out of the starting gate in the 131st running of the Preakness, was the picture of a gallant, savvy 118-pound jockey doing his best to rein in a thousand-pound running machine who wanted to keep on running, even if it had to be on three legs. |
 | | Seven years ago, Charismatic, who won the Derby at odds of 31-to-1, then won the Preakness, ended his career with a third-place finish at Belmont, leaving us with the picture of jockey Chris Antley hopping off his injured mount just past the finish line, ministering to a broken limb. |
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