 Celeric, a bay gelding with a white stripe was bred by the Chievely Manor Stud, a tiny operation based in the "back garden" of his owner Christopher Spence.His sire Mtoto was an outstanding middle-distance horse winning the Eclipse Stakes twice and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.At stud Mtoto sired the winners of more than five hundred races including The Derby winner Shaamit and the leading National Hunt sire Presenting.