Gethin

He's the one that the normally uneffusive Ryan Moore describes as "rare" and "special" and "exciting" and perhaps the one of all the Coolmore contingent that has really captured the public imagination. In the wake of Wootton Bassett's sad and untimely demise, Constitution River has stepped forward to illuminate the potency of his sire with a Classic triumph against all the odds. Heading to Sandown's G1 Coral-Eclipse on Saturday a Classic winner against all the odds, he has that untouchable air and the confidence of the biggest stable in world...

Perhaps best known as Classic-winning owners, Martin and Lee Taylor now head to Sandown on Saturday with serious designs on entering the realm of Group 1-winning breeders, an ambition nearly two decades in the making for the brothers behind leading Coral-Eclipse contender Gethin (Ghaiyyath). Trained by Owen Burrows, Gethin still carried the green and red silks forever synonymous with Dancing Rain (Danehill Dancer), the Oaks heroine of 2011, up until his penultimate appearance on a racecourse, when he was an impressive winner of the Listed Magnolia Stakes at Kempton. So...

The exciting Gethin (Ghaiyyath), who gained his third career success from just five starts when winning the Listed Magnolia Stakes at Kempton last month, has been bought by Wathnan Racing in a deal brokered by the operation's racing adviser, Richard Brown. "We've admired Gethin from afar ever since he made an impressive debut at Nottingham at two," said Brown in a statement. "He's got great form around some serious horses at three and showed his wellbeing when winning impressively at Kempton a few weeks ago. "He's got any amount of...