Wootton Bassett’s Constitution River Dominates To Give O’Brien 18th Futurity

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Making it win number 18 for Aidan O'Brien in Saturday's G2 Coolmore Stud Wootton Bassett Tom Cooper Irish EBF Futurity Stakes, Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) dominated the Curragh contest from start to finish to stake his Classic claims for 2026. Sent on by Wayne Lordan, the 5-6 favourite who had followed an encouraging debut second at Newmarket with a win at Galway turned it on two out to dismiss Geryon (Lope De Vega) by two lengths.

“He's a lovely colt and was good and professional,” Lordan said of the stable's fifth straight winner of this always-important staging post and ninth in the last ten runnings. “He has a high cruising speed and hits the line good, so a mile will be no problem. He will probably better at it.”

Constitution River is an exciting one as he runs out the ninth winner in the last 10 runnings of the @coolmorestud Wootton Bassett Tom Cooper @IrishEBF_ Futurity Stakes for Aidan O'Brien @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/QseWSA1Wih

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 23, 2025

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