Racing Career Ends for Indian Charlie

Indian Charlie, who won the Santa Anita Derby before his undefeated streak ended a month later in this year’s Kentucky Derby, has been retired after suffering a training injury.

Indian Charlie hadn’t run since the May 2 race at Churchill Downs. Pulled from the Preakness by Baffert, who said the colt was drained by the Derby, Indian Charlie surfaced on the workout tab at Santa Anita on July 19, working a half-mile in a solid 46 3/5 seconds. But he apparently injured a sesamoid bone in one of his lower legs that day.

A California-bred son of In Excess and Soviet Sojourn, Indian Charlie ran only once as a 2-year-old, and after that win at Del Mar was shelved with a chipped ankle. He returned last winter and finished with four wins in five starts and purses of $616,120.