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Hemingway and Beckett set to return

Aidan O`Brien has delared three other horses apart from the 4 to 7 favourite Galileo for Saturday`s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.

But in the longer term the Ballydoyle trainer is also looking forward to the long-awaited comebacks of some other star names.

Only Minardi was rated a better two-year-old than Beckett in Ireland last year, but the National Stakes winner has yet to see a race-course this season. Along with the unbeaten one-time 2,000 Guineas favourite, Hemingway, he has been a rare blip on a remarkable run of success for O`Brien, but the trainer is not giving up on either of them.

'Hopefully Beckett will be ready to run in a month or six weeks. He has had a few little problems, just the same as Hemingway. He is back in full work and is a month away from a run but I am not thinking of races for either of them yet. Twice we have planned for them and they have not made because of niggly little things. But you cannot take chances with horses like that,' he said yesterday.

The insurance of a pace in Saturday`s King George has been paid up with the decision to leave Bonnard, Pebble Island and Ice Dancer in the race alongside their illustrious stable companion. 'We haven`t decided who will run yet but it is so far, so good with Galileo,' O`Brien said.