WOOTTON Bassett, one of 11 top-level scorers among 92 stakes winners for Iffraaj (Zafonic), was an undefeated Group 1 winner and champion in France at two.

He made an immediate impact with his first crop, his juvenile stakes-winning son Almanzor becoming a middle-distance champion at three. That Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club-French Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes standout, was bred by Haras d’Etreham, stands there, shuttles to the southern hemisphere, and is already sire of his first Group 1 winner in Manzoice.