Wootton’s run ended

WOOTTON Bassett lost his unbeaten record in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains at Longchamp yesterday.

Richard Fahey’s Iffraaj colt had been rerouted to France after failing to make the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket at the start of the month, with a setback in early January meaning he missed a few weeks of work.

He was returning to the scene of his finest hour having given his trainer and champion jockey Paul Hanagan a first taste of Group One glory in Paris on Arc day last October and despite being drawn wide in stall 14, he was sent off a hot favourite.