LITF story from Vic Stauffer

[Scav]

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

[cal828]

Good story and obviously classy people that are trying to save their horse's life. Mr. Stauffer seems like a nice guy too.

[LARHAGE]

That got me all misty-eyed. Here's to both champs, Barbaro and Lost in The Fog.

[Dunbar]

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

[slotdirt]

The MNR guy? I always wonder how they got an Aussie to middle of no where West Virginia.

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.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by cal828

Good story and obviously classy people that are trying to save their horse's life. Mr. Stauffer seems like a nice guy too.

Yeah, he is a cool cat...I tried to recruit him over here but no dice, he has all his announcer friends (Mountaineer's guy, Collumus and a couple others) plus I think that this would be his 3rd board that he would be posting on and that is alot to be following.

[westcoastinvader]

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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