Zabiari

2021 d. h. Wootton Bassett - Zaridiya (Duke Of Marmalade)

Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard

This precocious son of Wootton Bassett is out of Stakes performer Zaridiya, making him a member of the acclaimed ‘Z’ family of Zarkava and Zarak.

Zabiari made an impressive winning two-year-old debut in May 2023 at ParisLongchamp, and was subsequently sent straight to Stakes company at Deauville. He placed a close second in both the Prix Roland de Chambure (to the more experienced and subsequent Group winner Beauvatier) and the Critérium du Fonds Européen de l'Elevage (a race won by subsequent Champion Three-Year-Old Vadeni in 2021), before stepping up to a mile in the Gr.3 Prix de Chênes.

He won Group 3 contest in good style, defeating two other Stakes horses and suggesting that he could be a Group 1 colt in the making.

Zabiari missed most of the 2024 with a small setback. However in 2025 he was back with a back, with a run of consecutive wins that included the Gr.3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil at Chantilly.

“He passed his first real test this season and Mickaël [Barzalona, jockey] found that he was better in fast-paced races, as was the case today,” said Racing Manager Nemone Routh. “He was able to accelerate very well, and seems to have moved up a level. The idea now is to go to the Gr.1 Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques Le Marois.”