Lost in the Fog

Lost in the Fog
Lost in the Fog in the paddock before the Breeders' Cup Sprint October 29, 2005
Sire	Lost Soldier
Dam	Cloud Break
Damsire	Dr. Carter
Sex	Colt
Foaled	2002
Country	United States (Florida)
Colour	Dark Brown
Breeder	Susan Seper
Owner	Harry J. Aleo
Trainer	Greg Gilchrist
Record	14:11-1-0
Earnings	$978,099
Major wins
Arizona Juvenile Stakes (2004) King's Bishop Stakes (2005) Carry Back Stakes (2005) Swale Stakes (2005) Riva Ridge Breeders' Cup Stakes (2005) Bay Shore Stakes (2005) Ocala Stud Dash (2005) Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Stakes (2005) Bay Meadows Speed Handicap (2005) Aristides Breeders' Cup Stakes (2006)
Awards
U.S. Champion Sprint Horse (2005)
Honours
Lost in the Fog (Sprint) at Golden Gate Fields He is buried next to Silky Sullivan in the infield at Golden Gate Fields, the only two horses to be so honored.
Last updated on August 23, 2011

Lost in the Fog (February 4, 2002 – September 17, 2006) was an American thoroughbred race horse. He won his first 10 starts (including two Breeders' Cup stakes), 11 of his 14 lifetime starts across the country, and career earnings of $978,099. He died of lymphoma during his four-year-old season and his remains were buried at Golden Gate Fields next to Silky Sullivan.

Bred by Susan Seper and foaled in Florida, his sire was Lost Soldier, (sire of 10 stakes winners and son of Danzig, who was the son of Northern Dancer—ranked #43 by The Blood-Horse in their top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century). His dam was Cloud Break, a Dr. Carter mare. Unraced, Cloud Break is proving a successful broodmare; she also produced the stakes-placed How About My Place, by Out of Place. In foal to Speightstown, Cloud Break was acquired by WinStar Farm in 2005's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale for $600,000. In 2006, she was sold to Charles Deter. He was a descendant of War Admiral and Secretariat.

Lost in the Fog was a $13,000 weanling and a $48,000 yearling. Not reaching his reserve in the 2004 two-year-old Ocala, Florida Breeders' Sale in March (the stopping price was $195,000), he was sold privately for $140,000 to Harry Aleo, and throughout his short career was trained by Greg Gilchrist. Susan Seper said he was named the day she (literally) lost him in the fog.

Lost in the Fog's home track was the San Francisco Bay Area's Golden Gate Fields. In 2005, competing solely in stakes company (with the exception of his maiden), he won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Sprint Horse. He won 10 straight races, although his hopes of becoming the 2005 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year winner were dashed on October 29, 2005 when he finished seventh in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. After the Breeders' Cup, Lost in the Fog took six months off. Prior to that he was unbeaten, with a string of 10 sprint victories (short races—six or seven furlongs on the dirt). Because of his success, he never went off at long odds; indeed, he was favored in every lifetime start.