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BELMONT PARK, Elmont, NY
| 1 | Life At Ten | Margin: 2 | TrueNicks: A | $210,000 |
2005 | Chestnut Mare | Malibu Moon - Rahrahsixboombah, Rahy
Sire: Malibu Moon , Bay, 1997. Raced 1 years. 2 starts, 1 wins, $33,840. Lifetime: 412 yearlings sold, median $60,000.
Broodmare Sire: Rahy, Chestnut, 1985.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $1,950,000.
Keeneland Association 2006 September Yearling Sale, $35,000.
| 2 | Unrivaled Belle | Margin: 6¾ | TrueNicks: A++ | $70,000 |
2006 | Gray or Roan Mare | Unbridled's Song - Queenie Belle, Bertrando
Sire: Unbridled's Song , Gray or Roan, 1993. Raced 3 years. 12 starts, 5 wins, $1,311,800. Lifetime: 622 yearlings sold, median $210,000.
Broodmare Sire: Bertrando , Dark Bay or Brown, 1989.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $2,800,000.
Keeneland Association September 2007 Yearling Sale, $260,000.
| 3 | Persistently | Margin: 1 | TrueNicks: B | $35,000 |
2006 | Chestnut Filly | Smoke Glacken - Just Reward, Deputy Minister
Sire: Smoke Glacken , Gray or Roan, 1994. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 10 wins, $759,560. Lifetime: 395 yearlings sold, median $32,000.
Broodmare Sire: Deputy Minister, Dark Bay or Brown, 1979.
Others: Queen Martha, $17,500; Miss Match (ARG), $10,500.
Scratched: Bonnie Blue Flag.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life At Ten | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 2 | Unrivaled Belle | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott |
| 3 | Persistently | Alan Garcia | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 4 | Queen Martha | Pablo Fragoso | Patrick L. Biancone |
| 5 | Miss Match (ARG) | Ramon A. Dominguez | Michael R. Matz |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life At Ten | John R. Velazquez | $4.90 | $2.90 | $2.10 | ||||||
| 4 | Unrivaled Belle | Kent J. Desormeaux | $2.50 | $2.10 | |||||||
| 6 | Persistently | Alan Garcia | $2.20 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (1-4) | $10.00 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (1-4-6) | $14.00 | ||||||||||
A Circuit Court judge has granted a stay of the enforcement of a one-year suspension imposed by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on former chief steward John Veitch.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
John Veitch, the Hall of Fame trainer who was fired from his position as chief racing steward in Kentucky, has filed legal documents seeking to be reinstated and to have a one-year suspension imposed on him lifted.
Monday, March 12, 2012An attorney for former Kentucky chief steward John Veitch said his client will appeal the Feb. 15 action by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in which it suspended Veitch for one year.
Friday, February 17, 2012
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Feb. 15 to suspend fired chief state steward John Veitch for one year in connection with his actions surrounding the Life At Ten case.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A hearing officer has concluded that former Kentucky chief steward John Veitch violated five rules of racing in his handling of the Life At Ten incident during the 2010 Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
John Veitch, chief steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission who was the subject of an investigation into the Life At Ten situation during the 2010 Breeders' Cup, was dismissed from his position Nov. 28.
Monday, November 28, 2011
There is no standout in the grade I Turf Cup, but Norvsky, Bourbon Bay, Falcon Rock, and Sanagas are all major contenders in the 1 1/2-mile race Nov. 19 at Hollywood Park.
Friday, November 18, 2011
The hearing officer in the lengthy Life At Ten investigation has requested a 30-day extension to complete his report to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Multiple graded stakes winner Bourbon Bay and dual grade I victor Miss Match worked seven furlongs on the Hollywood Park turf course the morning of Nov. 13 in preparation for the Nov. 19 Hollywood Turf Cup (gr. IT).
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Royal Delta brought the second day of the Keeneland November breeding stock auction to an electrifying conclusion when her price soared to $8.5 million in a spectator-packed sale pavilion.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Bonnie Blue Flag, a stakes-winning 4-year-old in foal to Medaglia d'Oro, was the most expensive horse sold during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale as of 6:30 p.m. (EST). She commanded $1.5 million Nov. 6.
Sunday, November 06, 2011New policies in place at this year's Breeders' Cup as a result of the Life At Ten incident in 2010 will still allow pre-race television interviews with jockeys immediately prior to the start of a World Championship race.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Friday actually has more intriguing longshot possibilities than Saturday, so here we go.
Lisa Underwood said Oct. 24 she will step down as executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to take a job with Wyatt, Tarrant, and Combs, a law firm for which she had worked previously.
Monday, October 24, 2011
In an effort to avoid another Life At Ten situation, the Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, and Kentucky Horse Racing Commission have adopted new policies that will be in effect for this year's World Championships Nov. 4-5.
Monday, October 17, 2011
The first inclination would be to dismiss Dullahan's chances in the Juvenile, based on his two mediocre performances over the Churchill Downs dirt surface in his first two career starts. That would be a mistake.
Life At Ten, the star-crossed multiple grade I winner whose career will likely be best remembered for a race she did not win, has been retired following a last-place finish in the $350,000 Beldame Stakes (gr. I).
Monday, October 03, 2011
Havre de Grace made a decisive case for favoritism in next month's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), as she annihilated Royal Delta and three others in the $350,000 Beldame Invitational (gr. I) Oct. 1 at muddy Belmont Park.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Royal Delta will run into Havre de Grace when she faces older horses for the first time in the $350,000 Beldame Invitational (gr. I) Oct. 1 at Belmont Park.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Steve and Lenny dissect the Breeders' Cup races, the many upcoming prep races leading into the Breeders' Cup and a BC Maiden Special Weight as #16 for the card.Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm
America's two superstar fillies will run in separate stakes on Saturday a country apart.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Fox Hill Farms' Havre de Grace and Palides Investments' Royal Delta worked the morning of Sept. 26 in preparation for their next starts.
Monday, September 26, 2011
With owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher watching, 2010 juvenile champion Uncle Mo blazed four furlongs in a bullet :46.57 over Belmont Park's training track for his next start in the one-mile Kelso Handicap (gr. II).
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Lenny and Steve interview Geoffrey Russell and Rick Porter, discuss Life At Ten/John Veitch, Breeders' Cup Classic and Mile, Gio Ponti and Havre de Grace. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm.
Why then does the KHRC continue to pursue Veitch, who played a minor part in this comedy of errors?
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Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. [More]
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