Kentucky Derby contender Cyberknife (Gun Runner) will be greeted Thursday morning by three Cancer survivors from the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The colt is owned by Al Gold, who named the colt after the machine that was instrumental in his prostate cancer treatment. The survivors–Stacy McCaslin, Vivian Wilson and Bennie Jones–will watch the horse train, meet Gold, trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux. Also in attendance Thursday morning, Dr. Neal Dunlap, who is the chair of Radiation Oncology at UofL Health and the Brown Cancer Center. Dr. Dunlap is also a professor in the Dept. of Radiation Oncology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
For more information contact Heather Fountaine of Uofl Health at 502-588-3356.
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