Wootton Bassett
Bay200816.0½ hh (1.63 m)
Iffraaj - Balladonia
Distance won over: 6f. to 7f.
Fee for 2021: €100,000
Stands at Coolmore
Unbeaten French Champion 2YO – The Leading Sire of 3YOs in France
"one of Europe's most sought after stallions" Nancy Sexton, Thoroughbred Owner Breeder
- His first crop numbering only 23 foals and conceived at a fee of just €6,000 included Champion 3YO ALMANZOR!
- His current 4YO crop (also conceived at a fee of just €6,000) has yielded 9 Stakes winners!
- His current 3YO crop includes Gr.2 winner CHINDIT and TDN Rising Star MIDLIFE CRISIS along with another impressive Deauville winner in EARLY LIGHT!
"It's safe to say that Wootton Bassett's best days as a sire are ahead of him" John Boyce, Thoroughbred Stallion Guide
Yearlings in 2020 sold for 600,000gns, €300,000, 260,000gns, €250,000, €240,000, €210,000, €200,000, 200,000gns, 200,000gns, €180,000, €180,000 etc.
His top performers include…
- Almanzor - winner of the Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes, Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1 Champion Stakes, Gr.2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano, Gr.3 Prix de Guiche & the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux
- Wooded - winner of the Gr.1 Prix de l'Abbaye at ParisLongchamp & Gr.3 Prix de Tour en Bessin
- Audarya - winner of the Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf & Gr.1 Prix Jean Romanet for James Fanshawe. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes & third in the Gr.1 Prix de l'Opera
- Incarville - winner of the Gr.1 Prix Saint Alary for David Smaga
- Chindit - winner of the Gr.2 Champagne Stakes, Gr.3 Greenham Stakes & Listed Pat Eddery Stakes
- Tamahere - winner of the Gr.2 Sands Point Stakes for Chad Brown
- The Black Album - winner of the Gr.3 Prix la Rochette, Jonathan B Schuster Memorial Stakes & Charlie Barley Stakes
- Wootton - winner of the Gr.3 Prix de Fontainebleau & Listed Prix Isonomy. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Jebel Hatta Stakes & third in the Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes
- The Summit - winner of the Gr.3 Prix de Fontainebleau, runner-up in the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club & Gr.1 2,000 French Guineas
- Guildsman - winner of the Gr.3 Franklin-Simpson Stakes & Tom Ridge Stakes. Runner-up in the Gr.3 Round Tower Stakes & third in the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes
Other stakes winners include Do Re Mi Fa Sol, Amilcar, Helter Skelter, Wootton’s Colt, Waltham, Dream Works, Speak Of The Devil, Hellenistique, Packing Waltham etc.