A day after Benvenuto Cellini and Amelia Earhart stamped themselves as Derby and Oaks favourites, it's now the turn of stablemate Constitution River to have his classic credentials tested at Chester on Thursday.

By Wootton Bassett, Constitution River had three starts as a juvenile. He was beaten by a short-head on his debut at Newmarket behind subsequent star Distant Storm. Then he won a Galway Festival maiden easily, followed by a similarly impressive success in the Group 2 Futurity Stakes at the Curragh.