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Sat 09 Sep 2009Rip Van Winkle to confirm his rating
IT’S BEEN a long time since racing’s superpowers were able to eyeball each other directly, but today’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sees Coolmore’s Rip Van Winkle face Godolphin’s Delegator in a mouth-watering clash at Ascot.
It harks back to wonderful duels of the past, such as Galileo v Fantastic Light when Sheikh Mohammed’s team provided genuine competition for John Magnier’s Tipperary-based empire.
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