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Zenyatta a display of greatness

By Claire Novak
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, November 7, 2009

ARCADIA, Calif. -- For months the 13 horsemen had been pointing toward this moment, training for prep races, coming out of them, tweaking routines, scheduling workouts. Their runners were geared up and glistening, coats the color of burnished metal, muscles hardened by careful conditioning. And this was Saturday, the big day, grand finale of the season finally here. For weeks, the conversation leading up to the Breeders' Cup Classic had centered around one topic. Could Zenyatta, the brilliant ...

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