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Lost In The Fog--Story
I went to Churchill to see Lost In The Fog race on Saturday and here is a couple of funny things.
1) Before the race the were walking Fog around the paddock right before the call for riders up. The 1st time around I took tons of pictures of Fog. The 2nd time around, Fog stopped right in front of me expecting me to take some more pictures. Of course I did. The 3rd time around, Fog stopped right in front of me and posed once again. 2) After the race, we went to the backside to see him. Of course no one was there so got to get real close to his stall. He was in Holthaus's barn who is a buddy of the man I was with. Anyway, they were trying to get Fog to pee for his post race test. Well after about 2 hours they gave up and called the vet. Fog spots the vet coming and he gets all nervous because he knows that they are going to draw blood. The vet gets about 10 feet from Fog and Fog pees. I am thinking that Fog is one smart horse. He understands his surroundings and is very professional. I was more impressed with his behavior off the track than I was with his performance on the track. |
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Euro you are talking to the charter member of his fan club. I always said he looked like a very intelligent horse who rates himself, knows where the finish line is, and understands his goal out there. Hes quite special, and we should be grateful that Aleo has raced him this year. |
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This is his year to dominate the sprint division. No one will touch him and he will go undefeated from now through the BC Sprint, where he will culminate the year in dashing fashion. You guys thought he was good at 3, you aint seen nothing yet.
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Have seen so many like that, and so many more who are simply what the old timers called "common". By common I mean that they will win at times, but that the horse doesnt really care whether or not he or she does win and will just as easily run 2nd. They aren't fighters, they just do what they do. The true greats know what it is that they are doing out there, they know what their purpose is, and they love to win. These horses are few an far between, and many of them arent blessed with the natural talent needed to compete at the highest level. It is the Smarty Jones' and LITF's of the world that are rare. |
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I am thinking about going to the Summit of Speed down in Florida to see him. I probably won't make it though. My mother and I have been a huge fan of this horse since Sunshine Millions day last year. He is all class. Not to mention he has a lot of "sex appeal"...LOL. I want to see him race once before he retires. Here is a painting of him by Pat DeLong. I just love her work, and I especially love this painting. I bought my Barbaro painting from her which is now also up on her website. I'm so proud to own that thing I don't know what to do.
http://www.finalturngallery.com/Smar...stinthefog_005 Last edited by kentuckyrosesinmay : 06-07-2006 at 09:08 AM. |
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Yeah....he knew he was getting his picture taken. Here are some of when I visited him in Ocala last November. Some of you may have seen these before.
http://img290.imageshack.us/my.php?image=litf06h8ro.jpg http://img290.imageshack.us/my.php?image=litf06g1vx.jpg http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=litf06i8ef.jpg http://img290.imageshack.us/my.php?image=litf06f7du.jpg
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And if you look at it enough, it does look as if he is. I really got the impression that he did not care for me too much. (I showered before going to visit, lol). He loved my mother, though (mutual feeling, of course).
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Nice pics. My favorite thing about this horse's connections is that they had the good sense to recognize a nice 3 year old sprinter when they had one, and so they kept him going 6 and 7 furlongs. A lot of people would have seen a 3 year-old of his quality and started trying to chase the TC dream. They might have ruined this horse if they had tried to stretch him out last year. Instead they kept him doing what he did best and the result was an eclipse award.
Then they thankfully bring him back and run him at 4. I think the sport needs more people that make those kind of decisions. I'll always cheer for this horse for those reasons. |