Pulpit, just 18, dies unexpectedly. RIP

[Calzone Lord]

Indian Charlie: 5 lifetime starts, 4 wins, 1 third. Beaten 5/2 favorite when 3rd in the KY Derby

Pulpit: 6 lifetime starts, 4 wins, 1 second, Was fourth as the morning line favorite in the Kentucky Derby. Drifted up to 5/1 odds.

Both of them had big speed figures throughout and good stallion careers. Both never raced again after the Derby.

Only real contrast ... one of them was by A. P. Indy out of good Claiborne mare. The other was by In Excess out of an overachieving multiple Graded Stakes winning Leo Castelli mare.