The first of 16 meetings in Deauville in August was covered by the first of five Group 1 meetings at the track, the Prix Rothschild (G1).
This is one of the weaker high-level competitions the track hosts over the next four weeks and is probably less competitive than when Goldikova won the last of her four Prix Rothschild wins in 2011.
The final four favorites won the race, recording a less-than-standard Racing Post Rating of the previous ten years.
However, a respawn can be on the cards, as both Saffron Beach and Tenebrism Coming to the kind of recent performance will be like the post-Goldikova days.
Couple weights are complicated. Tenebrism is in the form after winning the Haras d’Etreham Prix Jean Prat (G1) just over three weeks ago. But that’s more than seven feathers; She stepped back from a mile after running moderately in the Qipco One Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1) and Coronation Stakes (G1).
Caravaggio was able to stay on the trip and win back-to-back races for her coach and jockey Ryan Moore, who won last year’s Prix Rothschild with Mother Earth .
“She seems to be in good form since the last day; things have gone well for her,” O’Brien said. “We’re happy she ran at the track and now we’re back a mile, that should be no problem. I’m very pleased with her.”
That straight mile is known to be no problem for Saffron Beach. She finished second in last year’s Qipco One Thousand Guineas (G1), won the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (G1), and ran a career best number to win the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) last time out. . That run gives her the edge in form, and a lack of experience is rarely a concern in Deauville, a place that is flat and fair.
Coach Jane Chapple-Hyam is amusing herself with Saffron Beach’s effort to help her hit her second-highest level of success at Deauville.
Saffron Beach will start for the first time in France in the mile competition led by William Buick, who is undefeated in two starts on his daughter. New Bay and set to work again after two days on the sidelines with a sick bug.
Chapple-Hyam believes her competitors must do all they can to beat her steady star.
Chapple-Hyam said: “She is in very good condition and traveling wonderfully there, we are all very satisfied. “She has no problems and we can’t fault her training. We feel she has improved again and we are hopeful.”
Defending her Sun Chariot crown and a trip to the Breeders’ Cup may await Saffron Beach later this season, but Chapple-Hyam is eager for her to win at the top level for the first time. more at Deauville first.
“It’s very important, especially for the owners (Ben Sangster, James Wigan and Ollie Sangster) who are breeders, that we get the right results for them in this,” she added. .
“They’ll all be there to watch her race with me and her passing fingers can do the job for us.”
