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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: That's why it's Horse of YEAR]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The divisive debate over Horse of the Year honors is not entirely about Rachel Alexandra versus Zenyatta, who the better horse is, or East versus West.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 20, 2009 12:51:22 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Horse of the Year? It's still Rachel]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There will not, of course, be two Horses of the Year or any sharing of the award. There can be only one, and that one is Rachel Alexandra.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 07, 2009 14:49:05 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Breeders' Cup picks]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After Muhannak, then an unknown, unaccomplished English gelding, won this race last year, it stands to reason that European horses have a big advantage over the American entrants, who are largely a bunch of plodders and reformed claimers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 04, 2009 06:09:15 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Catch him if you can]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The $2 million Breeders' Cup Turf will be the stiffest challenge of Presious Passion's career.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 30, 2009 15:21:46 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Perfection good enough for Zenyatta?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Zenyatta has become the equivalent of the college basketball team that feasts on soft foes, running up a perfect record against the likes of Coppin State, Dartmouth and Central Arkansas.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 26, 2009 07:02:31 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Coordinate!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The past Saturday offered nine Grade 1 races and 15 graded stakes in all. The problem is that the day's races were presented in a typically discordant fashion, with no focus on what's best for the sport or the racing fan.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 12, 2009 05:58:42 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: The worst, and best of humanity]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The horse's name is Rag Sheet and somehow he still likes people, kind of amazing when you consider he was among the 177 malnourished, diseased thoroughbreds found in April on the Center Brook, New York farm of owner Ernie Paragallo.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 06, 2009 09:14:02 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Cool the Lava Man hysteria]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The news that Lava Man is on the comeback trail has elicited a hysterical response from far and wide, including invective accusations that trainer Doug O'Neill and owners Jason Wood and Steve Kenly are greedy, callous and uncaring.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 25, 2009 17:19:30 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Dipping sales may force change]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's a bloodbath in Kentucky, where prices have plummeted at the Keeneland September yearling sale and countless breeders and consignors are looking for a bridge from which to jump.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 18, 2009 09:48:37 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: What Rachel can do for an encore]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's not too early to start thinking about Rachel Alexandra's 4-year-old campaign.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 11, 2009 13:21:55 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: 'Rachel' beating the best]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rachel Alexandra never left her stall Saturday afternoon at Saratoga, and still her legend grew.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 02, 2009 08:20:35 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Chasing the dream matchup]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the season has progressed, it has become increasingly apparent that Rachel Alexandra is the vastly superior horse. She would bury Zenyatta in a race that would be no contest.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 23, 2009 13:06:29 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Lagging odds unacceptable]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When the field of nine left the Saratoga starting gate at 2:42 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, a horse named Lord Kipling was 5-2. One minute and 22 seconds later, when the 2-mile marathon was nearly half over, Lord Kipling was 2-1.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 15, 2009 18:12:52 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Rachel has the upper hoof for top honor]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Zenyatta has no chance of being Horse of the Year unless she challenges and beats Rachel Alexandra.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 07, 2009 08:43:34 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finley: Munnings hot going into Haskell]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Munnings is going to beat Rachel Alexandra.]]></description>
			<pubDate>July 31, 2009 09:14:51 PDT EST</pubDate>
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