Life At Ten withdrawn from Fasig-Tipton sale

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Life At Ten has been scratched from Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton November sale and plans call for her to remain in training with Todd Pletcher.

A two-time Grade 1 winner, Life At Ten crossed the wire last of 11 runners in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic after being distanced by the field. The performance generated controversy because the 5-year-old Life At Ten was allowed to run despite questions about what Pletcher called her “abnormally quiet” demeanor in the paddock and jockey John Velazquez’s public pre-race comments that she did not warm up well for the race.

In a release issued Saturday, Fasig-Tipton said Life At Ten’s owner, Candy DeBartolo, and Pletcher decided against entering her in the auction after consultation with the sale company.

“Life At Ten is obviously a very talented mare who encountered unfortunate circumstances [Friday],” Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning said. “Her team is one of the finest in the industry and with their guidance all of us look forward to a bright future for her.”

Life At Ten had figured to be one of the highlights at the one-day auction in Lexington. She won the Grade 1 Beldame Stakes and Ogden Phipps Handicap this year and so far has earned $1,149,267 from 8 wins, 5 second-place finishes, and 2 thirds.

The auction will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday at Fasig-Tipton’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington.