MV Magnier Snaps Up Wootton Bassett Colt For €2.3 Million At Arqana
Updated: August 17, 2025 at 1:22 pm
The first yearling to break seven figures during the Arqana August Yearling Sale was lot 104, an elegant son of Wootton Bassett and the Invincible Spirit mare High Celebrity, a winner of the G3 Prix d'Arenberg. Bred by Jean-Philippe Dubois and consigned by Haras des Capucines, he was knocked down to MV Magnier for €2.3 million. His dam, already responsible for the stakes-placed Galileo duo of Friendly Face and G2 Queen's Vase second Highbury, was also second in the G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes and third in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes. The third dam is four-time American Grade I winner Surfside (Seattle Slew).
The seven-figure mark has been broken at the #TheAugustSale as Lot 104 – a filly by #WoottonBassett @coolmorestud out of Group winner HIGH CELEBRITY offered by @HarasCapucines – sells for €2,300,000 to @coolmorestud associates. pic.twitter.com/m5c7dwvWJa
— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) August 17, 2025