1999 Kentucky Derby - Charismatic

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1. horseyaddicted Says:
   March 4th, 2008 at 11:56 am

   We were so very closes to a triple crown winner (I think)

2. Tripoverme Says:
   March 4th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

   how much the best was menifee?

3. Mutter1998 Says:
   March 5th, 2008 at 7:20 am

   Not a great call by Dave in that one. Yikes.

4. all66books Says:
   April 16th, 2008 at 12:45 am

   I’ll give Johnson a pass here on the race call. He had to keep track of-what, 18, 19 horses? That was a ridiculously big field.

5. byrnez2004 Says:
   May 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 am

   This was the first horse race i had ever watched, i had randomly picked Charismatic to win before the race. When he won i became hooked, i was touched by the comeback story of his jockey Chris Antley, i watched all of the triple crown that year and every year since. Charismatic and Antley didnt have their triple crown but they are still champions

6. maxflier Says:
   May 11th, 2008 at 12:03 am

   20. The same number that run every year in the Kentucky Derby.

7. all66books Says:
   May 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm

   Max, your answer made me do a little homework. Only the most recent Derby fields-2005 to 2008-have had 20 starters. In fact, I found that none of the Derbys from ‘85 to ‘04 had 20 horse fields, though a number had 18 or 19. The ‘99 Derby actually had 19 horses. Whether 19 or 20, that’s still a big field for any race caller to keep tabs on!

8. all66books Says:
   May 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm

   Clarification-I made it sound as if there were NO 20 horse fields until ‘05, and that would be incorrect, as there were a number of them BEFORE ‘85-and some had more than 20!

9. lopper33 Says:
   June 7th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

   LOL at the announcer finally coming alive like half way through the stretch

10. RPD709 Says:
    June 8th, 2008 at 3:21 am

    I love the:

    DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!

11. oriday64 Says:
    June 17th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    I think the announcer goes to sleep at 1:24.

12. soc2002 Says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    The announcer in this died today… :/

13. DarwinCharles Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    I don’t believe it was THIS announcer. This was Dave Johnson, correct? The announcer who passed away was the track announcer, I think.

    Someone want to clarify this?

14. partymanners Says:
    July 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Yes it was Luke Kruytbosch who passed away.. not Dave Johnson..

15. Venckman Says:
    April 20th, 2009 at 12:20 am

    Boy, if you ever wanted a horse who could fold like a card table in the stretch with no real reason other than the fact that he just didn’t feel like winning, you couldn’t do better than Cat Thief.

16. Mentallyawake568 Says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Wow this happened two weeks after Columbine.

17. Arps103 Says:
    May 9th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    lol. dave johnson sounded bord to death, then all of the sudden DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME and he comes alive.

18. kleinbogen Says:
    May 15th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    Mine that Bird and Charismatic are similar in the sense that they both were underdogs. They were both not regarded to win the Preakness. Charismatic did. Now we shall see if Mine that bird will tomorrow.

19. boofypony Says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    I loved this horse…

20. bnegs521 Says:
    May 25th, 2009 at 1:44 am

    This announcer was Dave Johnson.

21. bnegs521 Says:
    May 25th, 2009 at 1:45 am

    Actually Dave Johnson talked about his call in this race. He was so lost with trying to get all of the names of the 20 horses running he simply got out of sorts in the race. It wasn’t one of his better calls but htis is a very tough race to announce because of the number of horses.

22. bnegs521 Says:
    June 12th, 2009 at 2:29 am

    Cat thief was on the pace and just got beat in the stratch. I would hardly say he folded like a table. By the way later in his career he won the Breeders Cup Classic for all you know and shoved that one right in your face huh? >

23. hcyvonne1 Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    Charismatic is such a beautiful horse!! Do you know what happend to him? He got shiped to the japanese slaughter house! It’s true! search: where racehorses retire.

24. marymarymary1968 Says:
    July 15th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    Charismatic is now standing stud in Japan yes but he will not go to slaughter. While visiting ” Old Friends” Rescue and retirement in Kentucky, Michael Blowen said that once he is no longer needed there that he he will brought here to the US to retire along with War Emblem. I can’t wait! He is my favorite horse. If not for the injury, we were looking at the last Triple Crown winner since affirmed.

25. sisu212121 Says:
    December 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 am

    Thats not true, if he’s dead then why do they have him up for stud still.. Do you not know how to research things? Seriously….

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