Life Is Good As Good As Ever in Nerud

[Wandering Eyes]

LIFE IS GOOD (c, 4, Into Mischief–Beach Walk, by Distorted Humor) proved to be just as good as ever Saturday at Belmont, rebounding from a fourth-place finish in the G1 Dubai World Cup with a decisive score in the GII John A. Nerud S. With GISW Speaker's Corner (Street Sense) as his only threat in this four-horse affair, Life Is Good was heavily bet as expected at 1-5 in this prep for the GI Whitney S. Seizing the early advantage, the $525,000 KEESEP buy was pressed by Speaker's Corner through a half-mile in :44.70. Life Is Good was still on cruise control however, and left that foe in his dust in the lane, cruising clear to an easy four-length score in 1:21.70. Life Is Good closed out 2021 with dominant wins in the GII Kelso H. and GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He was a facile winner of the GI Pegasus World Cup prior to his effort in Dubai in March. Lifetime Record: 9-7-1-0.

O-WinStar Farm & CHC; B-Gary & Mary West Stables (KY); T-Todd Pletcher.

Saturday, Belmont Park
JOHN A. NERUD S.-GII, $232,500, Belmont, 7-2, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:21.70, ft.
1–LIFE IS GOOD, 124, c, 4, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Beach Walk, by Distorted Humor
                2nd Dam: Bonnie Blue Flag, by Mineshaft
                3rd Dam: Tap Your Feet, by Dixieland Band
($525,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-CHC Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC;
B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher;
J-Flavien Prat. $137,500. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 9-7-1-0,
$3,551,700. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*
2–Speaker's Corner, 124, c, 4, Street Sense–Tyburn Brook, by
Bernardini. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-William I. Mott. $50,000.
3–Repo Rocks, 118, g, 4, Tapiture–Hawaiian Love, by Not For
Love. ($35,000 Wlg '18 KEENOV; $70,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP).
O-Double B Racing Stables; B-Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin (VA);
T-Gregory DiPrima. $30,000.
Margins: 5, 2HF, 12 1/4. Odds: 0.20, 2.25, 25.75.
Also Ran: Harvard. Scratched: War Tocsin.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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