€4.6million Wootton Bassett Colt Makes History at Arqana

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday Aug 18

They were saving the best for last at the Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale with Godolphin and Coolmore locking horns over an exceptional colt by Wootton Bassett that was ultimately sold for  €4.6million (A$7.4m) setting a new record at this sale.

Godolphin have been buying up a storm in Deauville, but on this colt they came off second best with MV Magnier/ White Birch going all the way to secure the Ecurie des Monceaux consigned colt.

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The previous record at this sale was set last year when Amo Racing paid €3m for the half-sister by Night of Thunder to G1 winners Diamond Necklace, Magic Wand and Chiquita.

Both record-breakers were sold by Ecurie des Monceaux, who purchased Deadly Nightshade, the dam of this colt, for 900,000guineas at the 2024 Tattersalls December Mares Sale in foal to Wootton Bassett with the star colt the result of that mating.

History maker, the 4.6m Wootton Bassett colt from Deadly Nightshade.

He is the first foal of blueblood Justify mare Deadly Nightshade, a placed full sister to four time G1 winning stayer Scandinavia and half-sister to Group I winner Above the Curve.

The colt’s third dam is G2 winning blue hen Mariah’s Storm, the dam of Coolmore’s champion racehorse and sire Giant’s Causeway, so it’s not hard to see why this colt was going to be irresistible for Coolmore and partners.

Deadly Nightshade has another colt to follow from the last crop of champion sire Wootton Bassett, who died in Australia last spring .

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