Valiant loss puts Zenyatta's prowess in perspective

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By Andrew Beyer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 7, 2010; 9:12 PM

The nationwide television audience watching "Zenyatta: A Quest for Perfection" and the 72,739 people cheering for the mare at Churchill Downs surely felt deflated when she lost to Blame in the Breeders' Cup Classic. They shouldn't have despaired. Zenyatta was more ennobled by this defeat than by almost anything she did during the 19-race winning streak she brought into Saturday's race.

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