CONSTITUTION River was beaten a short head on his debut, in a Newmarket maiden at the July meeting last year. It is his only defeat, and the winner was Distant Storm. He subsequently won a Group 3 at the same course, and has placed three times at the highest level, in the Dewhurst Stakes, 2000 Guineas and the Irish 2000 Guineas.

The French-bred Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) has since gone on to win five times, notably the seven-furlong Group 2 Futurity Stakes at two, and this year he has captured the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club-French Derby and the Group 1 Eclipse Stakes. He has earned the sort of plaudits that his connections only use for the very best in Ballydoyle, and both his future as a racehorse and later on as a stallion are to be eagerly anticipated.