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November 7, 2009

It's All About Zenyatta at Breeders' Cup

Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times

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Friday's first day of Breeders' Cup horse racing at Santa Anita was a Ladies Day delight. Saturday's second day is expected to be, well, the same thing.

Today is Zenyatta's day.

No filly or mare has ever won the Breeders' Cup Classic, and they've run this race since 1984. One filly, Jolypha in 1992 at Gulfstream, finished in the money, a third to A.P. Indy. That's it for females in this testosterone dash. So far.

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