CONFIRMED: LITF Gone..
 

Santa Anita-Del Mar Racing Director Ric Hammerle has confirmed to Derby Trail and 'At the Races and Beyond' through West Coast sources that 2005 Sprint Champion Lost in the Fog was euthanized sometime last evening.

No further details were available.

Trainer Greg Gilchrist has understandably not yet returned calls, but has been asked to appear on this evening's edition of ATRAB at 6pm.

Our hearts go out to owner Harry Aleo, Russell Baze, Gilchrist and his staff, and all connected to this gallant young champion whose exploits excited the racing community from coast to coast. He deserved a much better fate..

Painting of LOST IN THE FOG By Robert Clark
http://www.horsehats.com/RobertClarkBio.html

I love you Fog! Thanks for the thrills and excitement, now ya get to be with God and meet up with other great horses.

R.I.P. big guy.

A sad and unjust ending for this horse and the connections . Heartbreaking news . Gilchrist and Aleo did their best hoping to buy time and comfort for their champion .

RIP Foggy and many condolences to all whose lives he touched.

When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
- Shakespeare

Heaven is brighter..... we lost a champion. This one though... this hurts.

A sad, sad day.

You'll be missed and remembered, and in our hearts always.

Rest in peace.

A wonderful eulogy, I have nothing to add! RIP!!

Poor Foggy, glad they didn't let him suffer, RIP.

Heartbreaking news, what a champion he will always be

*sobs * :(

I am typing between my tears. They are running onto the keyboard. My heart goes out to all the connections. We have lost a gallant warrior. RIP beautiful boy. Lost in the Fog will remain in my memory always as a brilliant runner and a courageous champion.

Thats for the update Steve. A very sad day for racing and I'll miss this horse a hell of a lot. :( :( :( :(

A very sad day. RIP Foggy.
Gone way too young. I miss ya already.
DTS

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.” Washington Irving

So very very sad for all involved.
A warrior and a champion in every sense. RIP LITF...

Thank you for posting the painting Steve "a picture is a poem without words"

good bye Foggy...you will always be rembered..............RIP........tears

Horrible, just horrible...I can't believe none of the industry trades have anything up on this yet.....

:(

OK..yeah, they're the only ones so far ad it is 3 segments down on the page so is overlooked it...you'd figure that would be the top story....

what a racehorse he ran 1:08 having cancer, a truly amazing animal

He was a very special horse. He will be missed.

I really liked him. A friend told me he met the owner and he was this crazy but funny guy. Hopefully he gets another. I remember when people wanted him to run in the derby and he did what was right for the horse. Too bad Keyed Entry and Sinister Minister didn't have his owner/trainer.

RIP boy. You will be missed.

R.I.P.- I give as much respect to the gutty gamers as much as the Champs. But he was both. He will be missed.

May your spirit dash around the green God-given pastures of heaven pain free Fog. Truly a champion, truly missed. RIP.

My heart and prayers go out to all the connections and fans who truly loved this horse. This one's death was the worst for me. I am heart-broken. :(

So very sad, my heart goes out to all the conection of this truly brave horse.
Especially to Greg Gilchrist who had a great love him.

Rest In Peace Big Boy

I started this season with eager anticipation to see two superstars perform...Barbaro and Lost in the Fog. It has not been a good season. In light of what we now know, Fog's win at Churchill this year may be the gutsiest performance any of us ever saw.

a less than good day suddenly goes straight to hell. not the news i was expecting to see...not yet at least. was hoping they had bought him some time at least.

he was a wonderful horse, a rarity who put together a winning streak that not many can boast of. i really enjoyed watching him run, and will miss seeing him on the track....

my thoughts, my sympathy to mr aleo, mr gilchrist, russell baze, and all those who were with this horse from day one til the end.

I don't care what anyone says, he was the fastest sprinter I've ever seen (mind you I'm young).. RIP Fogster.

RIP you touched alot of peoples hearts

RIP big fella...you were a joy and pleasure to watch do what you did best. Thanks for the thrills.

Echo everything already said and add that he was underappreciated. More shots taken against this horse than he ever should have gotten. Ran a full campaign, ran fast every race and really had a big heart down the lane. Sucks to lose them.

Sad Day for Bay Area and LITF connections
 

I was deeply saddened to hear that Lost In The Fog was put down...
For those of us in the San Francisco Bay Area he was definitely a horse that we rooted for as Aleo/Gilchrest/R. Baze travelled across the country and ran in some of the most highly rated sprint stakes.

It was with great pride when he went to Belmont and Saratoga last year and won those races... For those of us in the Bay Area, racing is very much minor leagues with Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields on par with the C level type of tracks.... Therefore, it is not often that we get a horse that competes on the national level. Hollendorfer sometimes will ship out and win but LITF was something special....

All of my best to the connections and RIP LITF.

PSH

This sucks. I loved the horse and loved the way the connections stood with him.

It's nice to be able to come to a thread like this, where people who feel as lousy as you do can grieve together.

--Dunbar

I'm sure sad to hear the news about Foggy even though I was kind of prepared for it. It was interesting that it appeared here before it showed up anywhere else.

It is a sad day when the sport loses a champion of this magnitude before his time.

he will be
missed.

rest in
peace.

How sad......I feel guilty now for ever knocking him, and to think he was running with a tumor growing inside. He's a baby, just barely 4 years old.....sigh. These horses will break your heart every time........they're so easy to get attached to, and then wham, in an instant, they're gone. At least he's out of pain............:(

Memories.....

http://www.barbaralivingston.com/gallery/album69

Heartbreaking.