O’Brien puts 17 in line for Eclipse

GEORGE WASHINGTON could take his chance in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 8 as he appears as one of a massive entry of 17 from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard.

Ed Dunlop’s globe-trotting mare Ouija Board and Godolphin’s Dubai World Cup winner Electrocutionist top the initial 63 entries.

Dunlop’s five-year-old was last seen when a fast finishing third in the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin, a performance that proved she had retained all of her ability.