O’Brien Relies On Jan Brueghel, King George Rematch With Calandagan Is On

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Aidan O'Brien will rely on the G1 Coronation Cup hero Jan Brueghel (Galileo) in Saturday's G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot after opting to withdraw the Derby and Irish Derby hero Lambourn (Australia) and the Pretty Polly winner Whirl (Wootton Bassett).

Just five remain, with Ballydoyle's pacemaker Continuous (Heart's Cry) there to set up the rematch between his stablemate and The Aga Khan Studs Epsom runner-up Calandagan (Gleneagles), who has since captured the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Juddmonte's G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes heroine Kalpana (Study Of Man) and Godolphin's multiple top-level-winning international heavyweight Rebel's Romance (Dubawi) complete the select field.

After Jessica Harrington withdrew Marcstown Farms' Green Impact (Wootton Bassett), the midsummer monument will have no three-year-old representation. He instead goes for Saturday's G2 York Stakes.

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