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Wootton Asset (FR)
Dark Bay or Brown Colt / April 21st, 2018 in FR / by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Love Liu (FR)
$177,000
2021 earnings
103
speed figure
25%
2021 wins
racing Record
2021 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
3
0
Seconds
1
2
Thirds
2
1
Unplaced
5
4
Starts
11
$177,000
Earnings
$250,745
$44,250
Earnings / Start
$22,795
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Bio
French-bred Wootton Asset won his first two career starts in his native country and then was unplaced in two stakes races before coming to the U.S. In his first start for trainer Graham Motion, he finished second by a nose in the 2020 Laurel Futurity. He then was unplaced in two more stakes tries on turf.
French-bred Wootton Asset won his first two career starts in his native country and then was unplaced in two stakes races before coming to the U.S. In his first start for trainer Graham Motion, he finished second by a nose in the 2020 Laurel Futurity. He then was unplaced in two more stakes tries on turf.
In 2021, Wootton Asset debuted with a third-place effort in the Grade 3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park, and then checked in third again in a listed stakes at Pimlico, both in July. On Aug. 31, the son of Wootton Basset broke through with his first stakes win, taking the Grade 3 New Kent County Virginia Derby by three-quarters of a length.
