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Article: O'Brien sends George Washington on mission to humble Authorized ; RACING
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2007
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Aidan O'Brien yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Authorized,
the runaway Derby winner, by nominating the Coral Eclipse Stakes on
Saturday week as the next target for George Washington. This show-
down, between the two most magnetic European colts of their
respective generations, will be as engrossing as any staged on a
British racecourse in recent years.
In one corner, the swaggering, volatile George Washington, the
virile paragon of the breed who paradoxically failed at stud. In the
other, the blazing new star in the firmament, still innocent of any
limitations.
As usual, O'Brien will have more than one towel over his arm.
Undaunted by that ruthless exhibition at Epsom, the Ballydoyle ...