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Wed 11 Nov 2009Rip to remain in training

AIDAN O’BRIEN has a final Group One target in his sights for 2009 in France on Saturday but, with 2010 in mind, the champion trainer confirmed yesterday that Rip Van Winkle will remain in training as a four-year-old.

Ballydoyle’s highest rated three- year-old proved a bitter disappointment in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic when he finished down the field behind Zenyatta.