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Hirsch boils down to big two

By Steve Andersen
Daily Racing Form

Friday, August 7, 2009

DEL MAR, Calif. -- The following is nearly guaranteed to happen before Sunday's $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar: Zenyatta, undefeated in 11 races and the champion older female of 2008, will be warmly received in the track's paddock by fans zapping away with cell-phone and other digital cameras. Once on the track, she will not have much of a warmup. Before the Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park in May, Zenyatta was walked to the eighth pole by jockey Mike Smith, stood there for five min ...

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