Sports writer Robyn Norwood, who freelances regularly for ESPN.com, went to the lovely Santa Anita Park race track the other day to watch the return of a champion, Zenyatta. From her story:
The 6-year-old mare who won the Breeders' Cup Classic last fall -- the first female horse to claim it -- was racing for the first time since, only months after owners Jerry and Ann Moss said they planned to retire her, changed their minds.
Pulling off another of her trademark last-to-first runs Saturday, Zenyatta came away a winner for the 15th time in 15 races, winning the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational by 1ΒΌ lengths without feeling Smith's whip.
Someone asked trainer John Shirreffs if Zenyatta was better than before.
"That's hard to say," he said. "How can you be better than perfect?"
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