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      <title><![CDATA[THE PRIX MAURICE DE GHEEST]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Established in 1922 and upgraded to Group One status in 1995, the Prix Maurice de Gheest is run over six and a half furlongs at the picturesque Deauville racecourse, located on the northern coast of France.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=479</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE NASSAU STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Blue Square Nassau Stakes, awarded Group One status in 1999, is one of the premier races for fillies and mares in Europe and is held on the last day of Goodwood’s five-day summer festival meeting, often referred to as Glorious Goodwood.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=478</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE SUSSEX STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Sussex Stakes, first run in 1841, is one of the most prestigious mile races in Europe.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=476</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot is a relatively new event in the racing calendar, having been first run in 1951.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=470</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DEUTSCHES DERBY]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It was only in 1993 that the Deutsches Derby, Germany’s Derby run at Hamburg racecourse, was opened up to foreign-bred runners but, despite no shortage of overseas challengers since then, there has yet to be a non-German-bred winner.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=454</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DARLEY IRISH OAKS]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Irish Oaks at the Curragh was first run in 1895, 29 years after the inaugural Irish Derby, with Sapling winning the Classic.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=466</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DEUTSCHLAND PREIS]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It may have had a whole array of different names yet the race that began in 1888 as the Grosser Preis von Berlin and in 2009 was run at Dusseldorf on July 19 as the Group One Deutschland-Preis boasts a roll of honour as impressive as any event staged in Germany.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=473</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Grand Prix de Paris, one of the most important races in France outside the country’s Classics, was first run in 1863, which is 27 years after the Prix du Jockey Club (the French Derby) was instituted.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=447</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE DARLEY JULY CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The July Cup, run over six furlongs at Newmarket, is the highlight of the historic three-day July Meeting at the headquarters of British Flat racing.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=461</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE FALMOUTH STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Established in 1911, the Falmouth Stakes is run in honour of the sixth Viscount Falmouth (1819-89), one of the leading owner-breeders of the 19th century who was responsible for 16 English Classic victories between 1857 and 1883, including the Derby winners Kingscraft (1870) and Silvio (1877).]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=455</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE CORAL ECLIPSE STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[One of Sandown Park’s founders, General Owen Williams, decided that the British course should stage a top-class race in order to preserve its position as a “drawing room” racecourse - one that was suitable for women and children.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=451</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE IRISH DERBY]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby was first run in 1866 which makes the race easily the oldest of the five Irish Classics. The Irish Oaks came into existence next in 1895.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=449</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE GOLDEN JUBILEE STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Royal Ascot’s most prestigious sprint was given a new name and elevated to Group One status to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. It was previously called the Cork And Orrery Stakes.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=445</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE CORONATION STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[First run in 1840, the Coronation Stakes, now the highlight of the Friday of Royal Ascot, was founded to commemorate the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1838.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=443</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE ASCOT GOLD CUP]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Founded in 1807, the Gold Cup is the best known race at Royal Ascot, which stretches over five days in mid-June at Ascot Racecourse in England.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=440</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Prince of Wales’s Stakes was first run at Royal Ascot in 1862, a year after the death of Prince Albert. The popular Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII) had taken over many of the social duties previously carried out by his mother, Queen Victoria, who continued to remain in mourning for her late husband.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=439</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE QUEEN ANNE STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[First run in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot. In the early summer of 1711, while being driven in a carriage from Windsor Castle, Queen Anne decided that Ascot Heath would be a good place to establish a racecourse.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=434</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE KING'S STAND STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bad weather played a crucial role in the origins of the King’s Stand Stakes. In 1860 heavy rain made it impossible for the two-mile Royal Stand Plate to take place so the race was renamed the Queen’s Stand Plate and run over five furlongs, the only raceable part of the course.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=4439</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE ST JAMES'S PALACE STAKES]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Named after the Tudor Royal residence, the inaugural running of the St James’s Palace Stakes at Ascot in 1834 gave little indication of the high quality fields that the race would later produce.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=437</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE PRIX DE DIANE]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Prix de Diane is the most important race for three-year-old fillies in France, the country’s equivalent to the Oaks in England and Ireland.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.godolphin.com/BigRaceFocusDetail.aspx?id=477</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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