The veterinarian treating sprint champion Lost in the Fog for cancerous tumors said Friday that the colt has “a reasonable chance” of reducing them to a size that’s conducive for chemotherapy or surgery.


Dr. Gary Magdesian, chief of equine medicine at the University of California, Davis, said Friday that Lost in the Fog is being treated with dexamethasone, a corticosteroid sometimes used in treating lymphoma.


“We want to see if (the tumors) will respond to the extent that they are reduced to a size that will make them amenable to surgery or chemotherapy,” Magdesian said


“There’s a reasonable chance (of success),” he added

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