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Henri Matisse

Fee for 2027 €17,500

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Fee for 2027
€17,500
Bay 2022
16.1hh (1.65 m)
Pedigree
Wootton Bassett - Immortal Verse (Pivotal)
Distance won over
6f. to 1m.
Stands at
Castlehyde
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Henri Matisse BC Garland 1200 x 800
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Henri Matisse winning the Breeders' Cup Turf 1200 x 800
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Brilliant Dual Gr.1-winner and the only Classic-winning miler by Champion Sire WOOTTON BASSETT!


WINNER OF THE GR.1 BREEDERS’ CUP TURF JUVENILE.

 

WINNER OF THE STALLION MAKING GR.1 POULE D’ESSAI DES POULAINS IN COURSE RECORD TIME!

 

Other winners include: KINGMAMBO, SHAMARDAL, LOPE DE VEGA, ST MARK’S BASILICA ETC.

 

Out of 3YO Champion Filly IMMORTAL VERSE, making him a half-brother to Champion 2YO Filly and French Champion 3YO Sprinter TENEBRISM!

 

From the wider family of Champions LAST TYCOON, ZIPPING & FIRE LILLY and brilliant racemares HERMOSA, HYDRANGEA, and WHIRL!

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Testimonials

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Ryan Moore
Jockey

“He’s a horse with an awful lot of ability, he’s pacey and he’s got a lot of gears.”

Pedigree

Henri MatisseWootton Bassett (GB)Immortal Verse (IRE)Iffraaj (GB)Balladonia (GB)Pivotal (GB)Side Of Paradise (IRE)Zafonic (USA)Pastorale (GB)Primo Dominie (GB)Susquehanna Days (USA)Polar Falcon (USA)Fearless Revival (GB)Sadler's Wells (USA)Mill Princess (IRE)

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Race Record

PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

GROUP 1 BREEDERS’ CUP WINNER AT 2 

1st Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf – Gr.1, 8f, Del Mar, overcoming the widest draw to defeat Iron Man Cal and Vintage Stakes winner Aomori City.

1st Railway Stakes – Gr.2, 6f, Curragh, by ½ length defeating The Strikin Viking and Gr.1 winner Arizona Blaze.

1st Futurity Stakes – Gr.2, 7f, Curragh, by 1 length from subsequent three-time Gr.1 winner Hotazhell and subsequent Gr.1 National Stakes winner Scorthy Champ.

1st Maiden, The Curragh, 6f., by a short head, from Cadogan and Red Evolution.

2nd National Stakes – Gr.1, 7f, Curragh, to Scorthy Champ with subsequent dual Group winner Seagulls Eleven back in third.

 

FRENCH GUINEAS WINNER AT 3 

1st Poule d’Essai des Poulains – Gr.1, 8f, ParisLongchamp, by a head from Greenham Stakes winner Jonquil, with dual Gr.1 winner and subsequent Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Camille Pissarro third.

1st Red Rocks Stakes – Gr.3, 7f, Leopardstown, by ½ length from subsequent Gr.1 July Cup winner Comanche Brave with subsequent Gr.1 Flying Five Stakes winner Arizona Blaze in third.

2nd St James’s Palace Stakes – Gr.1, 8f, Royal Ascot, runner-up to dual Gr.1 winner Field Of Gold with Gr.1 2,000 Guineas winner Ruling Court third.

3rd Sussex Stakes – Gr.1, 8f, Goodwood, beaten 2½ lengths by Qirat and dual Gr.1-winning Classic miler Rosallion with dual Gr.1 winner Field Of Gold and Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes winner Docklands further back the field.

 

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