High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Washington (January 3, 2003 – October 27, 2007) was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Ireland by champion sire Danehill out of Bordighera, also the dam of the high class colt Grandera. Bred by Roy and Gretchen Jackson, he was trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O`Brien and owned by Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith. George Washington suffered a dislocated ankle fracture during the Breeders` Cup Classic at Monmouth Park on October 27, 2007 and was euthanized. The horse was affectionately nicknamed `Gorgeous George` by his followers, due to his startling beauty.