Heavyweight Champ

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Unbeaten champion Zenyatta will spot eight rivals from 12 to 19 pounds as she begins her quest for Horse of the Year honors in 2010 in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita March 13.

Perfect in all 14 of her career starts to date, the magnificent 6-year-old mare begins the new year with a hefty 127-pound weight assignment for her first race since she humbled a stellar field in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) Nov. 7 to become the first female to win America's richest race.

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