COOLMORE Stud showed its belief in stallion Wootton Bassett at Tattersalls on Tuesday evening when paying a total of 3.8 million guineas for two mares who will be covered by the stallion next spring.

On a mesmerising day of trade in Newmarket, when almost 42 million guineas changed hands, Coolmore's M.V. Magnier paid 1.8 million for Sunday Times, the 12-year-old dam of American champion juvenile filly Newspaperofrecord.