Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2022

HELTER SKELTER VICTORIA PLACA WALTHAM WOOTTON'S COLT TEXAS MAMBA NOIRE BEAT LE BON BEAGLING GREAT MAX NIMBOSTRATUS SCHERZO DAVE MAGEVA PATASCOY TRIDENT

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Marchand de Sable

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Dream Ahead Daylami Turtle Bowl Dansili Elusive City Winged Love Mount Nelson Royal Applause Elusive City

Kendor Caerleon

Second Empire Rainbow Quest Nandino Elusive Quality Wolfhound Affirmed Double Bed Selkirk Intikhab Oasis Dream Kingmambo Sadler's Wells

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Kahyasi Dansili Youmzain

Invincible Spirit Machiavellian

MATING SUGGESTIONS: An unbeaten Gr.1-winning Champion 2YO, Wootton Bassett has the makings of a champion stallion. Despite standing his first five seasons at fees between €4,000 and €6,000, he has a string of classic performers headed by the champion Almanzor (Prix du Jockey-Club). His very exciting 2YO crop of 2021, sired at only €20,000, includes Gr.1 winner Zellie and Gr.2 winners Royal Patronage and Atomic Jones. Wootton Bassett’s first 27 SWs have 23 different broodmare sires, however delving into their pedigrees does reveal some interesting inbreeding, linebreeding and crosses. Wootton Bassett’s sire Iffraaj sired Gr.1 winners Rizeena and Jungle Cat from grand-daughters of STORM CAT . Wootton Bassett already has Gr.2 winner Tamahere and unbeaten Gr.3-winning 2YO Topgear from only 3 foals out of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY mares. Mares by SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA are surely good options. Mares by ELUSIVE CITY , a son of ELUSIVE QUALITY , have done particularly well with Wootton Bassett, producing Gr.1-winning sprinter Wooded, Classic-placed Mageva and the useful Beat Le Bon. Inbreeding to GONE WEST is paying dividends as well, with Wooded, Chindit, The Black Album and Trident all having two lines. Other MR PROSPECTOR line stallions whose daughters should suit include DUBAWI , who sired two Gr.1 winners from mares by Zafonic’s brother Zamindar. From only two starters out of mares by KING’S BEST , Wootton Bassett sired the SW Amilcar. KINGMAMBO mares would also produce 4x4 to NUREYEV . His smart winners with SADLER’S WELLS in the bottom half of their pedigrees include Gr.1 winner Zellie, Gr.2 winners Chindit and Tamahere and the Gr.1-placed colts Wootton and Patascoy. Zellie’s dam is by Galileo’s son NATHANIEL , while Chindit has a second dam by GALILEO . Wootton Bassett has quite a few SWs have two lines of DANZIG , with Gr.1 winner Audarya having a second dam by ANABAA . OASIS DREAM sired the dam of Gr.2 winner Chindit. Daughters of CAPE CROSS create two lines to the Champion 2YO Park Appeal, as in the pedigree of Gr.3 winner The Black Album. Wootton Bassett has 6 winners from 6 runners out of daughters of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT . Mares by Oasis Dream’s son

SHOWCASING also produce 3x4 to the brilliant Zafonic. Wootton Bassett has three black-type performers among his first five foals from DANSILI mares. Two members of the SHARPEN UP male line sired the second dams of leading winners by him, namely HALLING (Almanzor) and SHARPO (The Summit). SELKIRK sired the second dam of SWWootton’s Colt. Wootton’s dam is by AMERICAN POST and Speak Of The Devil has a second dam by his sire BERING .

Zellie wins the 2021 Prix Marcel Boussac-Gr.1

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