Whether Feingold decides to take another shot at the Senate or the Democrats decide to go with a generational change, this is going to be a rare opportunity to see a clash of ideologies in a race where Madison, Wisconsin promises to look a great deal more like Madison Square Garden.

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There was the fibrillating heart, of course, treatment for which meant he couldn't race again until last month, when soundly defeated at Kempton by Gold Cup opponent Madison Du Berlais.

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