It took 14 hours of talks that lasted almost until dawn on Thursday for EU finance ministers to finalise the banking deal.

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Indeed, the Sheikh is almost certainly thanking his lucky stars that he elected to keep Dawn Approach in training with Bolger in Ireland rather than move him into the care of Mahmood Al Zarooni, his disgraced former trainer who is currently serving an eight-year ban from the sport after he admitted to doping 15 of his horses with anabolic steroids, including 1, 000 Guineas hopeful Certify.

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Here, in the impossibly cramped working area, one detail recounted by King's book seems almost unbelievable: The builders, who toiled six days out of seven, remained aloft from dawn until dusk, so a kitchen was installed here, to serve them their midday meal.

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