WITH a run that was timed to perfection, it is not surprising to find that Coolmore’s latest major investment, the Group 1 winning juvenile Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), immediately repaid the first instalment with Audarya’s victory for James Fanshawe in a race he has come to farm, the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet, at the weekend.

She is the second Group 1 winner for Wootton Basset, joining Almanzor who annexed the Prix du Jockey Club-French Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and the Champion Stakes at Ascot. The latter was from the first crop of his sire, one that numbered just 23 foals, and it is safe to say that given the stronger and much larger books of mares he has enjoyed in recent times, Wootton Bassett’s future is bright.