11/21/2009: Race of the Year, Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta Battle for Horse of the Year Honors

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Moving On: Champion Flanders, part of the Overbrook Farm dispersal, is walked before heading to the auction ring at Keeneland.

Photo: ANNE M. EBERHARDT

Kip Deville, the 2007 NetJets Breeders' Cup Mile winner and the 2008 runner-up, has been retired from racing because of a series of ailments.

Photo: Skip Dickstein

Colonel John has been retired from racing to stand at WinStar Farm near Versailles, KY.

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Zensational has been retired from racing to stand at Hill 'N' Dale Farmes near Lexington, KY.

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Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, who had been battling leukemia for most of the year, died peacfully at his home in Pacific Palisades, California on Nov. 16. He was 68.

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Too Many Toyz is a one-length winner over It's a Bird in the Carl G. Rose Classic at Calder Race Course.

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Sweet Repent gets the time she needs between races, wins the Elmer Heubeck Distaff.

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Bim Bam, winner of the Arthur I. Appleton Juvenile Turf at Calder.

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