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Continued Hope

Updated: November 2, 2012, 2:09 PM ET
By Amanda Duckworth | Special to ESPN.com

If you are looking for Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another at this year's Breeders' Cup, you won't find him. Nor will you find Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags or other popular Triple Crown runners like Bodemeister and Hansen. This Saturday, depending on their schedules, they will all be bedded down in their stalls or turned out in paddocks enjoying retirement.

However, another name that made headlines this Triple Crown season will be at Santa Anita, and it is someone ...

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