Horse Racing News on December 11, 2010

There was something seen Saturday at Aqueduct that is rarely seen this time of year.

Mackenzie "Mack" Miller, the Hall of Famer who personified the old school of gentleman trainers, died Saturday morning at the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Saturday, in his 10th attempt in stakes company, More Than a Reason graduated from hard-knocker to graded stakes winner, outfinishing Stormy's Majesty to take the Grade 3, $100,000 Queens County by a head before a decent-sized crowd of 5,444 at Aqueduct.

Saturday, Turbulent Descent stretched her unbeaten streak to three races in her first start around two turns in the $412,250 Hollywood Starlet Stakes at Hollywood Park.