LITF schooled in the paddock today and he looked great. Check sites like http://www.horsephotos.com and the gallery at http://www.finalturn.com for pics. He snuck in almost unnoticed but as soon as the the photogs knew he was there, he was surrounded. He’s quite the ham.
Glimmerglass called it! Lost in the Fog won commandingly! I had the race on while working but stopped to watch him win. And he’s just three??
from Equibase:
Lost in the Fog
Date: January 8, 2006
Track: TURF PARADISE
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 38:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/10
“How can you compare a horse that’s won 8 straight races with the GODDAM Battle of the Bulge?”
LOL, that would make a great sig line.
Today’s article is more of a teaser with it’s headline - clearly I think Alero and crew are going to stay the course not go to the Kentucky Derby - but do the Preakness 
3/3/05 New York Times “Lost in the Fog May Find Way Into Kentucky Derby”
Why the Preakness - shorter, tighter turns that aide a speed horse and smaller field. Lost In The Fog could be a natural to hit a Canonero II type effort.
Update - and an alert to those BB’ers in NY this weekend
Lost in the Fog set for Bay Shore
DRF 4/5/06
Lost in the Fog, the unbeaten winner of last month’s Swale Stakes at Gulfstream, was scheduled to ship to New York [Aqueduct] on Tuesday for Saturday’s $150,000 Bay Shore Stakes (G3) at seven furlongs, where he will rule a prohibitive favorite.
Lost in the Fog, who has never gotten a Beyer below 102 in winning all four of his starts by open lengths, worked five furlongs in a bullet 59 seconds at his Golden Gate base on March 27, and went the same distance in 1:01.80 there on Sunday.
“He usually goes a little faster, but we’ve been trying to slow him down a little in his workouts,” said trainer Greg Gilchrist. “We might have overcorrected a little bit.”
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As for the prior mention of Harry and his politics, all articles on him indeed suggest he is a strong Republican in a very large “sea of liberals” where he is based 
DRF is dropping the following names for the sprint: Roman Ruler, Lost in the Fog, Pomeroy, Battle Won, Taste of Paradise, Lion Tamer, Gygistar, Imperialism, High Fly, Silver Train, Elusive Jazz, Estate Collection, and perhaps I’m The Tiger, Captain Squire and Wildcat Heir (pending a work this weekend). Of course, there’s still plenty of time for things to change, but this is a race that traditionally fills up. LITF is very unlikely to hold the lead after a quarter; if he can come through this one with his record unscathed he should certainly garner more HOTY speculation… especially with Afleet Alex confirmed out of the Classic, IMHO.
some reshashed bits in this article …
Lost in the Fog’s owner a bundle of nerves before Breeders’ Cup
Richard Rosenblatt
Canadian Press
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - The owner is a nervous wreck before every race. The trainer has discovered that a little sarcasm works well in calming him.
“You really think he’s going to run any good?” Harry Aleo asks Greg Gilchrist each time Lost in the Fog is loaded into the starting gate. “Nah, I don’t think so,” Gilchrist replies, pausing briefly for effect, then adding, “I wouldn’t drag him over here if I didn’t think he’d run good!”
Lost in the Fog is doing that, all right. He’s been perfectly brilliant, in fact, winning all 10 of his career starts with surprising ease.
No pure sprinter has ever been voted an Eclipse Award for top three-year-old colt or for Horse of the Year, but that could change if Lost in the Fog wins Saturday’s $1-million US Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Belmont Park.
On the verge of so much racing history, the 85-year-old Aleo is more fidgety than usual.
“It’s been unbelievable, mind-boggling. I’m nervous right now,” Aleo said in a phone interview from his San Francisco real estate and insurance firm. “How can you not be? I’ve had horses for many years trying to get a good one, and this is one in a million.”
And to think, a man who names horses after Bay Area places and images nearly allowed the already named Lost in the Fog to get away. At a sale in Ocala, Fla., last year, a $199,000 reserve wasn’t met when bidding stalled after Gilchrist offered $195,000 on behalf of Aleo.
“He kept elbowing me to go higher, but I couldn’t,” Gilchrist recalled on a windy and rainy Tuesday morning at Belmont as an inquisitive Lost in the Fog peered out of his stall.
Gilchrist said he knew the colt could run, and a few weeks later Aleo bought him privately for a reported $140,000.
Ten dominating wins later at eight different tracks, from Bay Meadows to Saratoga to Turf Paradise, Aleo has been turning down offers from $8 million to $12 million to sell the horse of his dreams. “He doesn’t need the money,” Gilchrist said.
“You just can’t buy what’s happening,” Aleo said.
The 57-year-old Gilchrist has a different take: “If I owned him, I wouldn’t own him. I’d be on the beach in Barbados.”
Aleo has been a successful businessman in the Bay Area since starting Twin Peaks Properties in 1947 after serving in the Second World War. He joined the Army after an arm injury ended a brief minor league career with the Brooklyn Dodgers - he once got Joe DiMaggio to foul out in a 1940 spring training game.
His interest in racing began in 1979 when a son-in-law gave him a book titled, “How to Make Money When Your Horse Loses.” He met Gilchrist and the two have been together since.
The trainer is a third-generation horseman, the son of Boots Gilchrist. Aleo and Gilchrist previously sent out one Breeders’ Cup starter - finishing second by a nose with Soviet Problem in the 1994 Sprint.
Gilchrist trains anywhere from 6-10 horses for Aleo, all based in Northern California. Names have included Harding Park (site of golf’s recent American Express Championship), Frisco Fog and Baker Beach.
Aleo plans to travel east on Thursday, hang out in his hotel the next day and go to the track Saturday. “I’m not a partyer. I’m just interested in the race,” he said.
And why not? Lost in the Fog puts on a quite a show.
Before his last start, at hometown track Bay Meadows in San Mateo, the colt was cheered by hundreds of Foggy followers when he entered the paddock. After winning the Speed Handicap by 7¾ lengths, the crowd of more than 8,000 roared until Lost in the Fog walked back to the barn.
The muscular colt has been cheered everywhere. At Turf Paradise in Arizona, where he set a track record for 6 1/2 furlongs and won by 14¾ lengths in his second start; at Gulfstream Park, where won the Sunshine Millions Dash and the Swale Stakes; and at all three New York tracks, where he won the Bayshore at Aqueduct, the Riva Ridge at Belmont and the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at Saratoga.
By design, Lost in the Fog was never on the Triple Crown trail, the usual path to popularity in racing these days. Think Afleet Alex, Smarty Jones and Funny Cide. But because he’s undefeated, and probably because his owner, trainer and jockey (Russell Baze) are not well known, Lost in the Fog is catching on with the public.
“The undefeated thing is big here, and America roots for the underdog,” Gilchrist said. “Wherever he goes, people want to see him win. It’s like when you get to the Triple Crown. People come to Belmont Park that would not be there to see if a Smarty Jones or Funny Cide could win after taking the first two (Kentucky Derby, Preakness). They want to see something that’s supposed to be a big deal.”
The six-furlong Sprint at Belmont could be a huge deal if Lost in the Fog polishes off as many as 11 rivals. And Aleo won’t have anything to be nervous about - until next year, anyway.
A longer article - with some photos - in the San Jose Mercury News 9-28-05 - “At last, Lost in the Fog ready for his close-up”
excerpt:
[I]The best thoroughbreds, Gilchrist explained, know they’re good. Lost in the Fog carries himself in an imperial manner. Gilchrist warned that if you get too close, the horse might respond with a bite or swift kick.
He has a personality that's very much like a human,'' Gilchrist said. He gets bored easily. Once he’s done something two or three times, it’s like, `Let’s move on to something else.’ I think that’s why he travels so well.’’
Interesting horse fact: Lost in the Fog is shipped by FedEx. And no, it’s not in a really big envelope. The horse, which has raced in four states, flies in a specially designed stall.[/I]
Now that would be a perfect basis for an ad campaign for the overnight shipper!
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Another article of interest:
excerpt:
[I]Fact is, they have managed the horse superbly.
In the run-up to the Breeders’ Cup, you can bet the house that Lost in the Fog will be dissed by a never-satisfied segment of racing analysts. You’ll hear the following:
1 - he hasn’t beaten anybody
2 - can’t possibly whip older horses
3 - will get chewed up in early pace duel
4 - Gilchrist and rider Russell Baze lack BC experience.
Bring it on.
If the gambling public listens to the knocks, the believers like me will get a better price at the windows.
I’ll take 3-1 anyday on a Horse-of-the-Year.[/I]
Another work:
Lost in the Fog
Date: February 19, 2006
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 35:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Wet Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/10
(once again, courtesy of Equibase.)
I always knew this horse was/is something especially when our horse Santana Strings (highweight) and him met in the Ocala Stud Dash in Fl last year, watching the race I saw Santanna and Valasquez hit another gear mid stretch and I thought…yahoo Santana’s going to catch him…problem being Lost In The Fog hit about another three gears and was gone…Cheers to him !!!
Exceptionally odd - his connections have decided to NOT nominate Lost In the Fog for the Triple Crown chase, despite it costing just $600!
I find that to be just weird!
If they stretch him out and he puts in another killer performance and they do decide to go to the Derby with him (before March 26) it will cost $6,000.
Maybe that $5,400 difference is the price Harry and Greg want to pay to ensure less inquires about him going to Kentucky?
Lost in the Fog’s four-year-old debut could come in the $100,000 Golden Gate Fields Breeders’ Cup Sprint, a six-furlong event on April 22, but if the colt trains forwardly, Gilchrist could find an earlier spot.
either way, I’ll be there.
My digital camera can do up to 3 minutes of movie. I’m hoping to get the whole race from gate to wire. I’m also hoping to get pictures in the paddock and Winner’s Circle. (:
Can I post things here or do I put them on a web page and then post the link? Or I could email things to folks directly. If you want to have me email pics or movie, email me directly at kinsa1@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Also, didn’t know if y’all had seen this artwork. T-Shirts and lithographs, etc.
I’ve already spent two long weekends at Saratoga which is no small feat for a racetracker that normally works seven days a week. As much as I’d love to go this weekend, it’s not gonna happen! Those of you who do…lucky ducks!
There is going to be some phenomenal racing at the Spa this weekend and it’s a guarantee that the town will be rockin’. Has to be the most exhilirating location in the world.
And one more: Blood-horse: Imperialism May Bypass Classic for Sprint.
Sounds like his connections want to go to the Breeders Cup and after his lackluster performance on Saturday, there’s not much point in entering the Classic.
Yikes!
‘Fog’ stumbles after work, but appears okay
By CHUCK DYBDAL
Daily Racing Forum 2/28/06
ALBANY, Calif. - The big horses were out Sunday when Cause to Believe and Lost in the Fog both turned in solid drills under jockey Russell Baze at Golden Gate Fields.
Lost in the Fog gave Baze, trainer Greg Gilchrist, and owner Harry Aleo a fright at the end of his workout, stumbling twice as he was pulling up, but Gilchrist could find nothing wrong immediately.
Lost in the Fog continued on his weekly workout schedule as he prepares for the April 22 Golden Gate Fields Sprint. After a pair of three-furlong works, he breezed a half-mile in 47.40 seconds, the second-fastest of 59 workers.
“He went through the drill fine, and he seemed to pull up fine,” said a tight-lipped Gilchrist, who was concerned about the condition of the track during workouts.
Later, Peter Tunney, Golden Gate Fields’s executive vice president, met with Baze and jockey Chad Schvaneveldt to discuss the track surface. The riders told Tunney the track was too loose in the morning and perhaps needed more water.
Lost in the Fog worked immediately after the second break. Because of rain in the forecast, no water was added to the track during the break as it had been during the first break.
Baze was concerned about the looseness of the track and attributed that to Lost in the Fog’s bobbles.
“That horse doesn’t stumble,” Baze said. “He handles everything.”
As to the work, Baze raved about the reigning Eclipse Award winner.
“He worked super,” Baze said. “I had a good strong hold, but it was click, click, click, 12-second furlongs, although we must have snuck in an 11 along the way. You couldn’t ask him to work any better.”
Lost In The Fog is being shipped out of Gulfstream back to California today and will not be in the Florida Derby.
That means if he is going to go to the Kentucky Derby - and would need to prep for it - then the two races he’d pointed towards are either The Santa Anita Derby (G1) or Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) both on April 9.
hmm… Carry Back was the first racehorse I knew the name of.
must be a sign!
HOY for a sprinter? I surely hope so.
