Newswise — Several years ago, The Myositis Association asked multiple horse farms in Kentucky to include the word "myositis" (pronounced my-o-SIGH-tis) in the names of racehorses to bring attention to the rare disease myositis. Airdrie Stud's owner, Governor Brereton Jones, readily offered to help and included the word "myositis" in the names of four of his horses - Stop Myositis, Myositis Survivor, Myositis Dan and Myositis Mystique. Although Stop Myositis never made it to the races and Myositis Survivor had a brief racing career, Myositis Dan proved to be a top-notch colt, missing winning the Derby Trial Stakes by a nose at Churchill Downs to Bayern in 2014: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx7bCXk_6No).
Now, Myositis Mystique will make her two-year-old debut at Delaware Park Thursday in the fourth race, The "Maiden Special Weight" at 5 ½ furlongs.
There are 50,000-75,000 Americans suffering from this autoimmune disease and these racehorses are running to bring attention to myositis and to raise funds for more research. The disease is incurable at this time, but The Myositis Association and Airdrie Stud are working to find a cure. More information about myositis can be found at www.myositis.org or by calling Bob Goldberg, Executive Director, The Myositis Association at 703-299-4851.
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