Dual Group 1 winner Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) has been retired and will stand for €25,000 at Coolmore Stud next year. The G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Eclipse Stakes hero was retired after a routine end-of-season veterinary evaluation.Said trainer Aidan O'Brien, “It's incredibly disappointing. At the end of every year, we do a routine veterinary MOT on all the horses, and unfortunately, they found a lesion on his left front tendon. There was no guarantee he would be ready for his major targets next year and we never want to push them or take any chances, so the right thing to do is retire him now.“To be honest, he was the horse we were most looking forward to staying in training next year. Both ourselves and Ryan [Moore] thought he was one of the most brilliant three-year-olds we've had here, but that's life unfortunately, and he has done more than enough to earn his place in the stallion yard.”Bred by LG Bloodstock and a €400,000 Arqana August yearling purchase, the bay was a dual winner at two, including the G2 Futurity Stakes, before picking up where he left off with a dominant seven-length tally in the Listed Dee Stakes at first asking at three. After overcoming a wide draw in the Prix du Jockey Club, he completed the race in the third-fastest time since the distance was adjusted 21 years ago. Later this year, he added the Eclipse Stakes by three lengths in July and also placed third in both the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes and G1 Irish Champion Stakes. He retires with a mark of 9-5-1-2 and $2,323,441 in earnings.Coolmore's director of sales, David O'Loughlin, said, “It is disappointing not to see him run on and perform to the best that everyone knew he was capable of, but we are absolutely delighted to have him in the stallion yard. He is a phenomenal physical specimen. To overcome a nightmare draw in stall 15 to win the stallion-making Prix du Jockey Club showed real class, and his performance in the Coral-Eclipse was exceptional. He is a serious talent with a proper stallion's pedigree, and breeders are going to love him.”The first foal out of Chuppy (Le Havre), herself a full-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Wonderful Tonight, Constitution River is also from the family of champion sire Camelot.The post French Derby Hero Constitution River Joins Coolmore Stallion Ranks In 2027 At €25k appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.