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Let it rain in Paris

By Paul Moran
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The autumn weather in Paris is often wet and the ground at Longchamp less than firm. At the moment, a typically damp October is critical to making the 26th Breeders' Cup something more than a weekend at Santa Anita without Rachel Alexandra. The decision to stage consecutive runnings of the Breeders' Cup on the artificial surface at Santa Anita is without question the worst in the history of the event. The setting and weather work. The quirky, controversial material underfoot is the problem and ...

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