Coolmore Breeders' Handbook 2021

Smart 2YO 1 st Maiden, Clairefontaine by 3 lengths

❝ Persian King (Kingman) succumbed to White Birch Farm’s impressive Sottsass (Siyouni) in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly... powered away to score by two lengths in course-record time ❞ TDN, after the Prix du Jockey Club-Gr.1

from subsequent Gr.3 winner Flop Shot World Champion 3YO 1 st Prix du Jockey Club- Gr.1 , defeating triple Gr.1 winner Persian King 1 st Prix Niel- Gr.2 1 st Prix de Suresnes- L.R. , by 6½ lengths 3 rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe- Gr.1 Brilliant 4YO 1 st Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe- Gr.1 , defeating Gr.1 winners In Swoop, Persian King, Enable, Stradivarius, Deirdre and Way To Paris 1 st Prix Ganay- Gr.1

❝ the Arc was more about speed than stamina and Sottsass had the best turn of foot ❞ David Jennings, RACING POST

2019 WORLD 3YO RANKINGS 123 Sottsass 122 Ten Sovereigns 122 Maximum Security 122 Code Of Honor 122 Japan 121 Too Darn Hot

❝ There were a clutch of high-class three-year-old colts in Europe at a variety of distances in the latest season but none was better than Sottsass ❞ TIMEFORM, Racehorses of 2019

The best son of leading sire SIYOUNI , sire of two Gr.1-winning colts in 2020. Out of a daughter of GALILEO , like the leading second crop sire NIGHT OF THUNDER . Half-brother to 7-time Gr.1 winner SISTERCHARLIE .

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