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08-30-2006, 12:04 PM
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LITF story from Vic Stauffer
I am an internet friend of Vic Stauffer, have never met the guy face to face but I have talked to him over another board for about two years. He posted this on the board and thought you guys would like to read it
V J Stauffer says: I went and saw Lost In The Fog today. He looked in great spirits and oblivious to the challenge ahead. I was thinking that's one great thing the horses have on us. I told Greg Gilchrist how much I admired his dedication to his horse. But moreso how great he's been with the media and fans thoughout this champions career. He and Mr Aleo clearly got it. And understood how much fun was to be had and how to rejoice in a once in a lifetime horse. I believe they should hold thier heads high. As i was standing talking to Gilly a woman and her teen daughter walked up with a basket of apples and carrots, a card and a sketch that the girl had drawn of LITF. Greg was so classy in how he greated them. Took time to answer all thier questions and just as they were about to leave ask them if they'ed like to meet the horse. You should have seen the look on thier faces as they walked under the shedrow. I'm a pretty hardened racetracker and I thought I was gonna start blubbering and got the heck out of dodge. Just another example that our sport is the best of them all. And our horses and horsemen are to be treasured. How about a photo in a year of Barbaro and Lost in The Fog both standing in KY. Longshot? Of course but they hit everyday. I was blessed to have called them both to stakes wins at Gulfstream. Tonight I say an extra prayer for them both. VJS 
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08-30-2006, 12:42 PM
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08-30-2006, 12:52 PM
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Very nice, Scav. Great reading. Everyone involved with LITF seems classy, as does Stauffer.
It made me think of something I saw on TV last night, and I wonder if anyone else saw it. Daniel Negreneau (?), the poker player, spends some time with a very young fan who was extremely disfigured by fire. You could see how much it meant to the kid. Negreneau said he gets more out of the time together than the kid does. It made me a Negreneau fan, which the cynic in me knows it was meant to do. Still... I don't even know if I was watching this year's WSOP or some older thing that's been shown umpteen times. But it was moving enough to get me off my ass to do some kind of volunteer work in my town. --Dunbar
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08-30-2006, 12:54 PM
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The MNR guy? I always wonder how they got an Aussie to middle of no where West Virginia.
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08-30-2006, 01:13 PM
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This is all class from top to bottom: Horses, trainers, owners, jockeys, announcer, etc. They are just good for racing and better for the human spirit.
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08-30-2006, 02:57 PM
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Racing needs to find a way to project this image, the human side, the caring side, to the media and the general public. Vics telling of his visit is so compelling. The sport is bigger than just gambling. Do stories such as this one eminate from the casino industry? I don't think so.
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08-30-2006, 10:22 PM
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Scavs, thanks for sharing......
Thanks.
Nice story. I'm not sure who missed the spelling of "their," but what the heck, I liked reading just the same... :-)
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08-31-2006, 09:18 AM
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... I'd wager that more than a few gamblers, croupiers, and cokctail waitresses contract cancer ... and make valiant efforts to overcome it. I'll bet if someone looked hard enough ... they'd find a few stories like that.
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08-31-2006, 10:26 AM
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What i was referring to is more the industry reaction to it. The racing world just seems to me more close-knit, more compassionate. Not based on anything other than my gut so i could be wrong. In the casino business do you really find heart-warming stories of how the casino owners, fellow gamblers and ****tail waitresses rally around in support of a stricken comrade? I can picture a big board in front of the slot machines where well wishers would sign cards and leave flowers for Eugene the stricken blackjack dealer. Are there equivalent stories of people like the Jacksons or Mr Aleo? Maybe there are I hope so. It just seems like it may be a more bottom line oriented, colder business. (oops so c*cktail is a bad word now?)
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08-31-2006, 10:47 AM
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Thanks scavs. I really hope this horse makes it. I agree in that I think that LITF's and Barbaro's situations bring the horse racing community closer together ArlJIm. I mean, these horses are our heros!
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That got me all misty-eyed. Here's to both champs, Barbaro and Lost in The Fog.
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