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The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a settlement with John Velazquez that will require the jockey to pay a $10,000 fine on charges lodged last month related to the Life At Ten incident at the Breeders' Cup last year.
Under the settlement, Velazquez acknowledged that he "may have violated one or more" of the three statutes that were cited last month by the commission when it elected to charge Velazquez in connection with the incident, in which Life At Ten was eased out of the starting gate after Velazquez and her trainer had made comments to television broadcasters that she was not warming up properly.
Under the settlement, $5,000 of the $10,000 fine will be paid to the racing commission, with the remainder going to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys' Fund, a charity that distributes payments to injured riders. Velazquez is a member of the charity's board.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6301266
