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• AMERICAN GRADED STAKES STANDINGS brought to you by Keeneland: BREEDING ABOUT MORE THAN MONEY?

  
  Paulick Report — Authority: 517
  By Ray Paulick Voting for the Eclipse Awards will begin in just over a month, and the biggest debate and perhaps most hotly disputed division will be for Horse of the Year, where early- and mid-season leader Rachel Alexandra and undefeated Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Zenyatta will vie for the most votes from ...
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• ALEX BROWN: DON’T MAKE QUALITY ROAD A POSTER CHILD

  
  Paulick Report — Authority: 517
  Much has been written and said about the incident at the starting gate before the Breeders’ Cup Classic involving Quality Road, who was eventually scratched from the race after he refused to load. Alex Brown, an exercise rider for trainer Steve Asmussen, publisher of the Alex Brown Racing website , and a leader of ...
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• A Discussion Worth Having for Horse of the Year

  
  THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Authority: 124
  An interesting thing happened in the comments of our post discussing the 2009 Horse of the Year debate .  While we went back and forth extolling the virtues and questions about the Breeders’ Cup Classic champion and undefeated mare Zenyatta as opposed to the 3-year-old filly phenom Rachel Alexandra, a suggestion ...
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• RACHEL WHO?

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 136
  ZENYATTA vs RACHEL ALEXANDRA She did raise the roof. I was at Churchill Downs in 1988 when Personal Ensign came from an impossible position to nail G1 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (now Ladies’ Classic) in the slop, completing an undefeated sevenrace four-year-old ...
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• NO SURPRISES AS ZENYATTA RETIRES

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 136
  ZENYATTA BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC 2009 The news came as no surprise Monday that the undefeated Zenyatta ( Street Cry - Vertigineux , by Kris S. ) had run her last race. Trainer John Shirreffs told Daily Racing Form Sunday that the five-year-old mare would remain at Hollywood Park for several weeks to be let ...
  2 weeks ago

• And the 2009 Horse of the Year is...

  
  Colins Ghost : The Horse Racing History Weekly — Authority: 400
  Without insulting those who are going to be talking and writing about this ad nauseum for the next few months, I say "who cares?" I think we should all take a page from our pal Lisa at the Superfecta blog who wrote this in an outstanding piece after Zenyattas unbelievable win in the Breeders Cup Classic on ...
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• “This is Un-Be-LIEV-Able”

  
  The Slanch Report — Authority: 585
  The Breeder’s Cup Classic is one of the single largest purses in horse-racing, with the winner taking home $5 million, making it one of the most sought after prizes in the sport. Among the horses running was Zenyatta, a Kentucky-bred filly who had won all 13 races she previously entered. The Breeder’s Cup did not ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Great Debate for 2009 Horse of the Year

  
  THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Authority: 124
  No sooner had the synthetic dust settled in the wake of Zenyatta’s dominating performance in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic  at Santa Anita then the flame igniting the “Horse of the Year” debate was rekindled anew.  At question is how to properly award the top honor in U.S. racing when considering the ...
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• Bad Sport: Female Soccer Player Suspended

  
  ABC News: Health — Authority: 895
  A University of New Mexico players rough actions were caught on tape.
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• The Year of the Filly or a Year for All Time?

  
  THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Authority: 124
    The moment Zenyatta crossed the wire and became the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic champion, things went hazy.  I vaguely remember searching for people to hug, slapping high fives with everyone around, and letting loose a series of  ”rebel yell” style roars that any native Alabamian would be proud of.   ...
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• Zenyatta Beats the Equine Rodney Dangerfield

  
  Cats Working — Authority: 123
  By Adele Since winning the Kentucky Derby as a 50-1 long shot, Mine That Bird hasn’t caught a break. Having Zenyatta sail past him in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic yesterday with another one of his jockeys on her back must have been the icing on the cake. Zenyatta is No. 4 in yellow (Photo - Jae C. ...
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• Girl Power

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 158
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• It’s Been an Animal Day

  
  Carolyncholland's Weblog — Authority: 412
  CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS IT’S BEEN AN ANIMAL DAY       It’s been an animal day.      While I groggily prepared my morning coffee, something caught my eye. I glanced out my window and was amazed to see a small black bear strolling through my driveway. I called my husband Monte, and we watched the ...
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• Zenyatta: A Horse for the People

  
  Mary Forney's Blog — Authority: 428
  In a scintillating performance, Zenyatta powered to victory in the $5 million Breeders Cup Classic at Santa Anita this afternoon before a crowd of 58,845 wildly cheering fans. In beating the world-class field of male runners, Zenyatta soundly established her place in history and preserved her perfect record, with 14 ...
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• Breeders Cup Classic Results – Zenyatta Wins

  
  Bodog Beat — Authority: 448
  Never let it be said that a girl cant compete and win against the boys. In front of close to 59,000 fans on hand at Santa Anita to watch the $5 million Breeders Cup Classic, Zenyatta (ridden by jockey Mike Smith) ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:00.62 and paid $7.60, $5.60 and $3.80 as the 5-2 odds on favorite to win. Gio Ponti ...
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• Analysis: A Sign, Perhaps, in a Filly’s Victory

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  Man of Iron, ridden by John Murtagh, won by a nose against Cloudys Knight in the Breeders Cup Marathon at Santa Anita.
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• Breeders’ Cup Classic Selections

  
  THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Authority: 124
  Finally – it’s Classic time.  The “race of the year” (although not necessarily for Horse of the Year , as evidenced by recent history) for an overall purse of $5 million.  Obviously the story of the race is the entry of the undefeated mare Zenyatta – one of the sports biggest stars in North America and ...
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• Breeders Cup: Classic stars beginning to thrive

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  Nowhere is the contrast between racing cultures more evident than at Santa Anita when the Breeders Cup rolls into town.
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• 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds & Betting Line

  
  Southern Gaming — Authority: 134
  This year’s talk about the Breeders’Cup mainly focuses on Zenyatta. Some think this is the year Zenyatta will lose, others are more hopeful. 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds & Betting Line - Zenyatta was one of the Breeders Cup winners last year and will be in this year Breeders Cup races. This is going to ...
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• STREET CRY’S STAR HAS NEVER BEEN BRIGHTER

  
  Summerhill Blog — Authority: 136
  OF SHOCKING, ZENYATTA AND THE EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN As South Africans rejoiced Herman Brown’s ground breaking third in the “race that stops the Australian nation”, with the much publicized Chechen President’s Mourilyan , horsemen around the world were left to reflect on what other heights Street ...
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