A beautiful animal, George Washington was bred by Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the same people who bred and raced Barbaro.

George Washington raced in Europe.

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"He did well to stay up," jockey Mick Kinane said. "He was brave. He didn't go down. He stayed up on it. He saved me."


(Patricia McQueen photo)
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