George Washington heads 14 entries at the final 48-hour declaration stage for Saturday’s Stan James 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Aidan O’Brien insists he is happy with the form of his Classic big guns as the build-up continues to the Stan James Guineas Festival at the weekend.

Aidan O’Brien is preparing to perform a delicate balancing act with ante-post Stan James 2000 Guineas favourite George Washington.

FROST GIANT, trained by Aidan O’Brien, ran out a convincing winner of the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.