Lost in the Fog Stakes

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Lost in the Fog Stakes
Ungraded race
Location Golden Gate Fields
Albany, California, United States
Inaugurated 2007
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.goldengatefields.com
Race information
Distance 5 furlong sprint
Surface Dirt
Track Left-handed
Qualification Two-year-old Cal-breds
Purse $50,000

The Lost in the Fog Stakes is an American ungraded stakes run at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California for Thoroughbred two-year-old horses. A five-furlong sprint, the race is named in honor of Lost in the Fog, the brilliant sprinter who made his name between 2004 and 2006 before dying of lymphoma at age four.

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References

  1. 2009 Lost in the Fog Stakes Retrieved 2011-08-24.