Here are the final results for Fog the racehorse:
14starts-11-1-0……………..Earnings - $978,099
R#............Type........................dist.... ........time.............Beyer
1...............msw.........................5.0... ........0_56_4..........103 ...(1st by 7.5)
2...............az juv.......................6.5...........1_13_2 TR......109 ...(1st by 14.75)
3...............mil dash....................6.0...........1_09_4...... ....102 ...(1st by 4.5)
4...............swale G2...................7.0...........1_22_1......... .105 ...(1st by 4.75)
5...............bayshore G3..............7.0...........1_21_1..........105 ...(1st by 4.25)
6...............goldenbrbc................6.0..... .....1_07_1 TR......110 ...(1st by 10)
7...............rivaridge G2...............7.0...........1_21_2...........10 7 ...(1st by 1.25)
8...............carryback G2.............6.0...........1_09_1...........116 ...(1st by 7.25)
9...............kingbish G1................7.0..........1_22_2...........10 5 ...(1st by 4.75)
10.............bm spd hdcp...............6.0..........1_08_0...........1 14 ...(1st by 7.75)
11.............bc sprint G1................6.0..........1_08_4............9 8 ...(7th by 6)
12.............gg sprint....................6.0..........1_09_0..... .......97 ...(2nd by 3)
13.............aristides G3.................6.0.........1_08_2............1 11 ...(1st by 1.25)
14.............smile G2.....................6.0..........1_10_2........ .....86 ...(9th by 8)
He won 10 races in a row and set two track records. His average run time to 6fl through his 10 race win streak was 1:08:2 which is SMOKING and is the fastest of any horse in my database. His average run time to 6fl for his last 4 races slowed to 1:09:4…perhaps an indication that the horse was ailing. The only real knock anyone could have on this horse is that his competition ran to the weak side. Fog crisscrossed the country multiple times from California to New York to Florida to run in the best 3yo sprint races available, and his racing schedule was announced weeks in advance. Perhaps some folks with good sprinters “ducked” Fog which led more than anything else to the weak competition.
The link below shows a graph of the three race running average of Fog’s Beyer speed figures. This clearly shows when Fog began to go out of form. We now know that cancer was the likely cause of this down turn.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/fog_3avg.jpg
I am amazed that Fog won the 6fl Aristides at Churchill Downs in his next to last start. We know the horse carried high weight and huge tumors that day and he won anyway in a brilliant time of 1:08:2. Perhaps the Good Lord granted him one final pain free race to showcase his talent. Perhaps Fog ran through much pain that day in one of the gutsiest performances in horse racing history. All in all, Fog was a special horse. I shall miss the fast little horse with the crooked blaze but will never forget him.