Search for worthy successor to Galileo continues at Ballydoyle

Aidan O'Brien's The Lion In Winter was ante-post favourite for the Guineas, but that race is likely to come too soon for him.

Wootton Bassett delivered three Group 1 winners for Ballydoyle last year. “He’s obviously a freak," Aidan O'Brien said about the sire. Pic: Healy Racing

Out with the old, in with the new. As the last sons and daughters of Galileo grace the grasses of Ballydoyle, the search for a worthy successor as uber-sire of his generation continues.

At 17, Wootton Bassett is not going to be the one to fill those enormous boots, but this feels like an important season for the sire who, in 2024, he delivered three Group 1-winning juveniles for the Ballydoyle team.