Dayton Investments Limited

Location: Paris, France
Breeding/Racing Operation: Dayton Investments is the breeding operation of the late Daniel Wildenstein ... Wildenstein, a renowned art dealer and art historian, died at the age of 84 in October 2001 ... He wrote and published over 40 major books on art, and was a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts and the Institut de France ... Following his death, his racing and breeding empire was taken over by his son, Alec Wildenstein ... Alec passed away Feb. 17, 2008 after a battle with prostate cancer. All the racing interests of the Wildensteins would continue as before according to Marie-France Pacault, the family's long-time racing secretary. Alec's younger brother Guy, who is based in New York, will take over the helm of the Wildenstein operations ... Over 50 horses race under the ownership of Ecurie Wildenstein in France. Elie Lellouche trains the majority, with Dominique Sepulchre in charge of the remainder ... Up through mid-October, 2007, Ecurie Wildenstein was in 11th place in the French owners’ championship, with 26 wins ... The Wildenstein flagbearer for 2005 was the homebred Westerner, who won six consecutive races, all in group company, including the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot at York, before placed efforts in the Grosser Preis von Baden and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ... In 2006 the best they managed was a pair of Group 2 wins, provided by Policy Maker and Vendangeur ... Top performer of 2007 is the Group 3 Prix Daphnis winner, Loup Breton ... Dayton Investments finished second in the French breeders’ championship for four straight seasons 2002-5. Currently lies in eighth place in the 2007 table with 34 wins from 300 runs ... The best horses bred by the Wildensteins include champions Allez France, All Along, Aquarelliste, Arcangues, Peintre Celebre, Sagace and Westerner ... Wildenstein currently owns 55 broodmares … Dayton Investments has had 10 previous starters in the Breeders’ Cup, with All Along’s second in the 1984 Turf and Freedom Cry’s second in the 1995 Turf the best finishes ... 2007 Breeders' Cup Distaff contender Argentina (Ire) was their 11th starter ... Also breeds under the name Allez France Stable, which has bred two Breeders’ Cup winners: Arcangues (winner of the 1993 Classic at odds of better than 133-1) and Steinlen (1989 Mile) … Their most recent group/grade 1 successes as breeders have come via Angara (2005 Beverly D Stakes and 2006 Diana Handicap) and Sudan (2007 Gran Premio di Milano).