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08-12-2006, 08:56 AM
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Excerpt, from Racing Post...
Dylan adds star quality to International line-up by Tony O'Hehir .....Meanwhile, a return to action for George Washington is likely this month with O'Brien on Friday indicating that the choice of races for the Stan James 2,000 Guineas winner involves the Tote Celebration Mile at Goodwood or the Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown a week on Sunday. O'Brien said: "He would have to be supplemented to the Leopardstown race on Tuesday and we are leaning towards the Goodwood race at this stage, although nothing definite has been decided. "George is in good form and it has been a case of so far so good with him since he went back into training following his setback." With the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes a likely target for the colt and Fallon banned from riding in the UK, running George Washington at Goodwood would provide an opportunity for a replacement jockey to ride him in advance of the Ascot race. George Washington has not run since muscle injuries were diagnosed after he had been beaten by Araafa on heavy ground in the Boylesports Irish 2,000 Guineas in May. 
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08-13-2006, 11:03 AM
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From Sporting Life.....
D-DAY FOR GEORGE By Martin Kelly, PA Sport George Washington faces a crucial workout tomorrow to determine if his return to action will be at Leopardstown next weekend or Goodwood the following Sunday. The talismanic colt, who annihilated the opposition in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, has been off the track since pulling a hip muscle when finishing second to Araafa in the Irish equivalent over two months ago. Trainer Aidan O'Brien has been happy with his progress since a recent racecourse gallop at Naas and is now considering the Desmond Stakes on the 20th or the Celebration Mile on the 27th of this month. He said: "He will work again in the morning, after which we will have to make our minds up where to go as he will need to be entered for next weekend. "If he does go to England for the Celebration Mile he will then go to the QEII at Ascot the following month, which is what I am leaning towards. The other option is the Desmond and then the Prix du Moulin, but those races might come too soon and there is only a few weeks between them." A dual Group One-winning juvenile, George Washington has struck up a fruitful partnership with Kieren Fallon, but with the 41-year-old currently banned from racing in Britain, O'Brien will need a new pilot for the Celebration Mile. He added: "If he was to run in England whoever rides him will need to ride him in a trial as he needs some knowing. "Kieren did a lot of work with George over the winter so it will be a new learning process for whoever takes over."
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08-14-2006, 12:24 PM
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Update from Sporting life.....
GEORGE TO SKIP LEOPARDSTOWN By Martin Kelly, PA Sport Aidan O'Brien has ruled George Washington out of a return to action at Leopardstown this weekend, but a trip to Goodwood the following week remains a possibility. The Ballydoyle handler had been considering the Desmond Stakes or the Celebration Mile as a starting point for his Stan James 2000 Guineas hero, who has been sidelined since pulling a hip muscle when finishing second to Araafa in the Irish equivalent over two months ago. The son of Danehill was put through his paces earlier today and O'Brien said this evening: "Everything went fine this morning, but I don't think he is going to be supplemented for the Desmond Stakes as he needs more time. "The Celebration Mile would be a possible, but we will have to see how he comes along. "The important thing is to try and get him started back and try and find a race for him."
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08-23-2006, 02:58 PM
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From Racing Post.....
 George on course for Goodwood highlight by RP staff GEORGE WASHINGTON has come through his latest workout with all guns blazing and will travel to Goodwood on Sunday for the Totesport Celebration Mile, where he will be ridden by Mick Kinane. The Stan James 2000 Guineas hero has been off the track since pulling a muscle in his hip in the Irish equivalent but is ready to return to the track ahead of a crack at next month's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. "The plan is run as he worked this morning and it all went very well," said trainer Aidan O'Brien. "We just want to get him back on the track and hopefully Mick will be coming over to ride him." O'Brien blamed a lack of match practice and the soft ground at York for the reverse of Dylan Thomas in the Juddmonte International on Tuesday. "I gave him a break after the Irish Derby and he ran very fresh yesterday," O'Brien said. "He is a horse with a huge cruising speed but he just didn't settle as they went so slow. He is a very good moving horse and he needs to be bouncing off the ground."
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#5
08-25-2006, 09:47 AM
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Sunday August 27 2006
Goodwood 15:50 Totesport Celebration Mile (group 2) £100000.00 added, 3yo plus, 1m, Class 1, £56780.00 penalty 6 runners Going: Good No. Form Horse Age Wt Trainer Jockey 1 (3) 310-163 Rob Roy (USA) 25 4 9-4 Sir Michael Stoute R L Moore 2 (5) 1112-13 Caradak (IRE) 8 5 9-1 Saeed bin Suroor L Dettori 3 (2) 1111-12 George Washington (IRE) 92 3 9-1 A P O'Brien M J Kinane 4 (1) 12-4162 Soviet Song (IRE) 25 6 9-1 J R Fanshawe J P Spencer 5 (4) 32-1040 Killybegs (IRE) 10 3 8-9 B W Hills M Hills 6 (6) 02-10 River Tiber 92 3 8-9 A P O'Brien D R McCabe
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#7
08-27-2006, 10:50 AM
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He was a well beated 3rd.
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