Sprinter Lost in the Fog believed to have Cancer

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Sprinter Lost in the Fog believed to have cancer
By Jennie Rees
jrees@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Champion sprinter Lost in the Fog, winner of Churchill Downs’ Grade III Aristides Handicap in June, has a cantaloupe-size mass on his spleen that is believed to be cancerous, trainer Greg Gilchrist said Wednesday.

The Northern California-based trainer said the decision was made Sunday to retire Lost in the Fog from racing, even before the tumor was detected when the colt was sent later that day to an equine hospital for what was believed to be colic.

Gilchrist said by phone that doctors at the University of California-Davis plan to go into the 4-year-old colt’s stomach with a camera Friday to determine if there is any cancer besides on the spleen. If it has not spread, surgery will be performed next week to remove Lost in the Fog’s spleen.

“If they do find more, there will be no surgery,” the trainer said.

If the cancer is limited to the spleen and the colt comes through the operation in good order, Gilchrist said the prognosis is good that Lost in the Fog could go on to a stud career and normal life.

Lost in the Fog, a Florida-bred son of Lost Soldier, won 11 of 14 starts and earned $978,099. He was ninth in his last start, Calder’s $500,000, Grade II Smile, to bring his future into question as Gilchrist felt he wasn’t the same horse. The trainer said the tumor helps explain the poor effort.

“I think most people would agree if you were running with a nine-inch baseball in your belly, it would probably bother you,” Gilchrist said. “If the horse had a cantaloupe in him like that, it would not be that comfortable.”

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Originally Posted by WildKat

Sprinter Lost in the Fog believed to have cancer
By Jennie Rees
jrees@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Champion sprinter Lost in the Fog, winner of Churchill Downs’ Grade III Aristides Handicap in June, has a cantaloupe-size mass on his spleen that is believed to be cancerous, trainer Greg Gilchrist said Wednesday.

The Northern California-based trainer said the decision was made Sunday to retire Lost in the Fog from racing, even before the tumor was detected when the colt was sent later that day to an equine hospital for what was believed to be colic.

Gilchrist said by phone that doctors at the University of California-Davis plan to go into the 4-year-old colt’s stomach with a camera Friday to determine if there is any cancer besides on the spleen. If it has not spread, surgery will be performed next week to remove Lost in the Fog’s spleen.

“If they do find more, there will be no surgery,” the trainer said.

If the cancer is limited to the spleen and the colt comes through the operation in good order, Gilchrist said the prognosis is good that Lost in the Fog could go on to a stud career and normal life.

Lost in the Fog, a Florida-bred son of Lost Soldier, won 11 of 14 starts and earned $978,099. He was ninth in his last start, Calder’s $500,000, Grade II Smile, to bring his future into question as Gilchrist felt he wasn’t the same horse. The trainer said the tumor helps explain the poor effort.

“I think most people would agree if you were running with a nine-inch baseball in your belly, it would probably bother you,” Gilchrist said. “If the horse had a cantaloupe in him like that, it would not be that comfortable.”

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