The Irish bred son of Wootton Bassett in Wooded is one of Victoria’s new stallions for 2022. Standing at Swettenham Stud, he becomes the first son of that stallion to stand in the State. Wootton Bassett himself is now shuttling to Coolmore in NSW, while his son Almanzor stands in New Zealand. We have featured both of these stallions in the past, and we wonder whether Victoria might be the place where this line established itself in the Southern Hemisphere.
Wooded started his career in July of his NH 2yo season, running second by a short neck to a colt called Derbyism at Dieppe. The seven furlong (1400m) event was to be that colt’s only win. At his next start, Wooded won over the same distance at Deauville before again running second, this time in a Group 3 race by a short neck behind Kenway at Longchamp. At his final start for the season, also over 7 furlongs, Wooded was to run third in
