Chris Antley: An Elite Rider and a Gentle, Yet Troubled Soul
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Thousands of races have been run since then, countless jockeys and horses have come and gone, and yet the image of Chris Antley cradling the leg of the injured Charismatic soon after they completed the 1999 Belmont Stakes remains indelible.
The former claiming horse and the troubled jockey had failed in their improbable bid to sweep the Triple Crown, and yet that hardly seemed to matter when the life of the noble Charismatic was at stake.