Wootton Bassett
Bay200816.0½ hh (1.63 m)
Iffraaj - Balladonia
Distance won over: 6f. to 7f.
Fee for 2023: €150,000
Stands at Coolmore
Unbeaten French Champion 2YO & one of Europe's most exciting sires!
"It's safe to say that Wootton Bassett's best days as a sire are ahead of him" John Boyce, Thoroughbred Stallion Guide
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 etc.
- Wooded - winner of the Gr.1 Prix de l'Abbaye & 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
- Bucanero Fuerte - winner of the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes & Gr.2 Railway Stakes at the Curragh
- Zellie - winner of the Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac for Andre Fabre
- Incarville - winner of the Gr.1 Prix Saint-Alary for David Smaga
- Al Riffa - winner of the Gr.1 National Stakes for Joseph O'Brien
- River Tiber - winner of the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes for Aidan O'Brien. Third in the Gr.1 Prix Morny
- King Of Steel - winner of the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Epsom Derby & third in the Gr.1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
- Chindit - winner of the Gr.2 Summer Mile Stakes, Gr.2 Champagne Stakes, Gr.3 Greenham Stakes, Gr.3 Superior Mile Stakes etc. Runner-up and third in the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes (2022 & 2023)
- Atomic Jones - winner of the Gr.2 Champions Juvenile Stakes for Ger Lyons
- Royal Patronage - winner of the Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes & Gr.3 Acomb Stakes for Mark Johnston
- Speak Of The Devil - multiple Stakes winner in France & winner of the Gr.2 Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
- Tamahere - winner of the Gr.2 Sands Point Stakes & Violet Stakes for Chad Brown
Other Group/Stakes winners include The Black Album, Wootton, The Summit, Ilaraab, Topgear, Guildsman, Wootton Asset, Amilcar, Protagonist, American Flag, Texas,Do Re Mi Fa Sol, Helter Skelter, Wootton’s Colt, Waltham, Dream Works, Hellenistique, Packing Waltham, Attagirl, Victoria Placa, Wootton City, Balsam, Grey Man, Islandsinthestream, Zabiari, Quickstep etc.
Yearlings in 2022 have already sold for up to €1,000,000!