[3] Initially, in his first three starts Life Is Good was trained by Bob Baffert but in the midst of his three-year-old career was transferred to Todd A. Pletcher's barn.
[3] Life Is Good began his career on November 22 at Del Mar Racetrack in a Maiden Special Weight for two-year-olds at six and 1/2 furlongs.
Installed as the 1/5 odds-on favorite in the five horse field, Life Is Good went to the early lead and set sensible fractions while maintaining an advantage of three to four lengths down the backstretch and into the stretch.
Again Life Is Good was the favorite at 1/2, and he went to the early lead and was never challenged although drifting in the stretch run, winning by eight lengths over Medina Spirit, with Dream Shake third.
[10] In his first start for Todd A. Pletcher, Life Is Good was entered in the Grade I H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
As they entered the straight Jackie's Warrior cut into the margin and forged to the leading by about a half a length before jockey Mike E. Smith pressured Life Is Good.
Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for the first time and starting at the prohibitive odds of 1/20 he had little trouble handling his first-time older opponents as he breezed to a 5+1⁄2 lengths victory.
"[12] In his last start of the year, Life Is Good was shipped back to the West Coast for the Breeders' Cup which was held at Del Mar Racetrack.
Accolades were given from owners, Elliott Walden, CEO, president, and racing manager of WinStar Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher describing the performance as "An exceptional talent!
"[3] Life Is Good started the year with a 3+1⁄4 lengths win over champion Knicks Go in the Pegasus World Cup on January 29 at Gulfstream Park.
Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of owner Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm, noted, “We've seen him train in the morning and he never gets tired, so when he was as far in front as he was, we knew he was not going to stop.
Starting as the 1-5 odds-on favorite, Life Is Good with jockey Flavien Prat quickly grabbed the lead from the rail with Speaker's Corner stalking but beginning to drop back after a half-mile.
The race began with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. using Life Is Good's sharp early speed to break from the gate quickly and open a clear lead by the time the field reached the first turn in the 1+1⁄8 miles test.
Breaking from the rail, where there were some puddles of water on the sloppy, sealed track from 0.74 inches of rainfall, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. broke quickly with Life Is Good and moved out a couple of paths.
[17] In his last career start Life Is Good finished fifth after leading into the straight to Flightline in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Racecourse.