Pat Eddery won the 2, 000 Guineas three times as a jockey and saddles his first Classic runner as a trainer in Hearts Of Fire, who ended last season with a Group One victory in the Gran Criterium at San Siro in Italy.

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It may well help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the perceived front-runner, by allowing him to stay above the fray and out of the line of fire longer.

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Another promising junior, DaMarcus Beasley, Mr Donovan's runner-up in New Zealand, is, for the moment, sticking with the Chicago Fire.

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And so if that's your driving force - because windows of opportunity are going to open, they always do in politics - and, you know, a front runner can stumble, something could happen, somebody could have a message that sort of catches fire with the American public.

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