Lost In The Fog--Story

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

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.

some horses are tremendous hams. we got a kick out of rahy when we went to three chimneys. he knew he was on camera. stopped and posed several times.

[westcoastinvader]

eurobounce, 31 lengths, and kentuckyrosesinmay......

Thanks for those pics and stories. Much.

Last fall I linked a film clip from ktvu.com out here of a live morning interview with Russell Baze at the door to Lost In The Fog's stall in his race before the Breeder's Cup.

The horse had incredible "stage presence." He really did. I truly truly believe he knew what was going on around him.

I went pack riding in the Sierras last year, and talked to my rented horse the entire way......as he slid down slopes, and we walked ledges above multi-hundred foot dropoffs.

I'm pretty sure the horse knew what I was saying. Real sure, in fact.

And I really liked the original "Dr. Doolittle" movie, too!