Racehorse Loses Battle with Cancer

DAVIS, CA - 9/19/06 - In a statement released yesterday, veterinarians and staffat the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Veterinary Medical TeachingHospital say they were greatly saddened to learn that Lost in the Fog had losthis battle with lymphoma and was euthanized at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday,Sept. 17.

Dr. Gary Magdesian, a specialist in equine internal medicine and critical patientcare had directed Lost in the Fog's diagnostic evaluation and treatment sinceAug. 13, when the horse was first examined at UC-Davis. He had been in dailytelephone communication with Dr. Don Smith, Lost in the Fog's regular veterinarian,since the horse completed the first round of chemotherapy treatment on Sept.7 and returned to Golden Gate Fields under the care of Greg Gilchrist, his trainer.The animal's fight with cancer took a turn for the worse, and the decisionwas made to euthanize.

See DVM Newsmagazine's October issue for an extensive report on the veterinarycare of this legendary horse.