WOOTTON Bassett (Iffraaj) began his career in a six-furlong maiden at Ayr in mid-June and rounded off that juvenile season with a two-and-a-half-length score in the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere over seven furlongs in France, his fifth win in a row. He was fifth in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Prix Maurice de Gheest the following year, took up stallion duties at Haras d’Etreham and covered his first book at a fee of €6,000.

Five years later that jumped to €20,000, it doubled to €40,000 in 2019 and now, having been added to the Coolmore Stud team, he stands for €100,000. Classic heroine Fancy Blue is among those booked to him.