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There is an absence of anticipated drama in the final act of Breeders' Cup XXVI on Saturday at Santa Anita.
Sunday Silence and Easy Goer produced weeks of buzz leading up to the 1989 Breeders' Cup Classic. The merits and vulnerabilities of Ferdinand and Alysheba, Bernardini and Invasor were debated long before they brought great theater to the finales of racing seasons past. The air came out of this balloon some time ago and will not be inflated by the presence of the undefeated mare Zenyatta in America's richest race.
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