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Consider for a moment the larger issues being raised by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's investigation into the charges against chief steward John Veitch surrounding the poor performance of Life at Ten in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic last November at Churchill Downs.

To read the media reports of the three days of hearings -- which included a blow-by-blow twitter feed from Louisville journalist Gregory Hall -- there was an abundance of he said/they said testimony along with an agonizingly pointless reconstruction of who heard and/or saw what and/or when in the moments leading up to the race itself. Eventually the hearing officer will decide whether or not Veitch was irresponsible in not demanding a veterinary examination of Life at Ten in the moments immediately before the race (based upon what he was hearing from secondary, unofficial sources) and then whether or not Veitch had erred by not ordering post-race blood and urine samples be taken from Life at Ten.

The second question is a snap. Of course Life at Ten should have been tested, just as she had been tested and examined according to Breeders' Cup protocols in the days leading up to her race, and would have been tested had she finished in the first four. When a high-profile second choice runs up the track like she did, never really entering the fray, the integrity of the process is paramount. Her performance could not be simply shrugged off as "one of those things," and there was no evidence presented that Life at Ten was in such post-race distress that she could not have produced a test sample. If a steward has the power to exercise such testing discretion, I can't think of a more appropriate use of that power.

As to the first question, welcome to a slippery slope covered with thin ice.

Unlike a craps table or a roulette wheel, the pari-mutuel horse race is not a hermetically sealed betting event. Stuff happens. Stuff that's outside of the control of the officials in charge. Because of this, there is every reason for the public to think that any viable piece of information would be welcomed by stewards and veterinarians as the race approaches, as long it has passed at least an entry-level smell test.

When John Velazquez informed ESPN's commentators -- and viewers -- that Life at Ten was not warming up like the Life at Ten he knew, that was news, and in today's world, such news spreads fast. However, when the Churchill Downs stewards were informed of the rider's comments by TV producer Amy Zimmerman, the news was greeted with skeptical curiosity. Stewards are neither trained nor mandated to interact with broadcast media while the game is underway, which certainly includes the warmup period when most of the betting takes place. And broadcast media, not being under the jurisdiction of the stewards, can pick and choose which tidbits of information it seeks and disseminates. (No one, for instance, had asked Velazquez two hours earlier how My Jen was warming up for the Filly & Mare Sprint before she finished last, beaten 40 lengths.

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6. Pokemon Memory - You have 12 chances in this game (text displayed on top screen) to match Pokemon characters shown on bottom screen as Poke Balls. Each time you try to get a match their pictures are shown on top screen. Once you guess correctly, each pair then disappears off the bottom screen. Being a memory game fan as a kid, this was one of my favourite games. Features loads of useful information, consisting of all 151 Pokemon from the Diamond and Pearl Sinnoh Region. Select Pokedex from Main Menu, then "Pokemon Gallery" on menu to enter. Displayed one by one (starting from 001), with top screen displaying character image, name and number on bottom screen, listen to a voice-over description of name and type.

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