PROFILE
| Foaled: | February 17, 2021 |
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| Trainer: | Kenny McPeek |
HORSE OVERVIEW
Some international sizzle! A filly by one of Europe’s most exciting stallions Wootton Bassett headed to race here in the US.
Renowned trainer Kenny McPeek scouted this filly for MyRacehorse at the recent 2022 Arqana Yearling Sale and landed the winning bid of 200,000 € for MRH and our partner Barry Fowler. The filly is a very pretty, balanced, and good walking daughter of exciting and rising sire Wootton Bassett who in his first few crops has produced the likes of Group 1 winner Almanzor and Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf champion Audarya. Now standing for 150,000 € at Coolmore Ireland Wootton Bassett’s best days as a sire appear to be with his most recent crops of racing age.
This filly will head to trainer Kenny McPeek in the US for her racing career which will hopefully start in the summer/fall of 2023. McPeek is well known for his expert eye of not only selecting prominent US based runners but also across the world, in particular in South America.
We’re excited to partner with Kenny whose not only a fantastic horseman but excellent communicator amongst his owners.
Breeding Insights
Sire Wootton Bassett, an international superstar and one of Europe’s best 2-year-olds in 2010, was bred in England and was recognized as a French champion after going undefeated in five starts at 2, including the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, one of the country’s premier events for juveniles. His emphatic 2 1/2-length victory in that race came over a prestigious field that included proven Group 1 winners.
After entering stud in France in 2012, Wootton Bassett was an immediate success with a small-sized first crop of runners which provided the sire a European 3-year-old champion in Almanzor, whose amazing sophomore season in 2016 included Group 1 wins in England, France, and Ireland. Other Group 1 winners would soon follow, with Audarya, Incarville, Wooded, and Zellie further cementing Wootton Bassett’s legacy as a quality stallion. His Group 1 winners can’t be pigeonholed into a type as their ages range from 2 to 4 years old with wins at distances from five furlongs to 1 1/2 miles.
Wootton Bassett’s continued popularity as a sire is evidenced by at least a dozen six-figure yearlings sold this year at auction. He began his stud career in France, but relocated to Ireland in 2021 to stand as part of the international juggernaut breeding operation known as Coolmore. In his first year at Coolmore, he covered 244 mares, a phenomenal number for a stallion, particularly for a horse whose initial years at stud yielded much smaller crops, albeit ones that produced champions.
Dam One Last Night, a daughter of the late American sire Elusive Quality, was a two-time winner as a 3-year-old in France. This filly is her first foal. One Last Night’s full sister, Devotee, was a winner on debut at Saratoga as a 2-year-old and subsequently was Grade 1-placed in the Alcibiades Stakes and then won the U.A.E Oaks in Dubai at 3. It’s a strong female family with second dam Danuta producing nine winners.
Expected on track: Summer 2023
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Fancy Quality Race Overview
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Fancy Quality Update
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