Blue Bolt seeks to continue her stable’s sizzling summer in the G1 Prix Rothschild World Pool by PMU (1600m) at Deauville on Sunday (2 August).

Blue Bolt arrives with a mighty spring in her step, the four-year-old bringing up a three-timer this year culminating in the G1 Falmouth Stakes (1600m) at Newmarket on 10 July.

Trainer Andrew Balding, who has a healthy 20% winners’ strike rate in the past fortnight, is enjoying a purple patch topped by Kalpana’s triumph in last weekend’s G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2392m).

Connections elected to target the Rothschild with their upwardly mobile daughter of Blue Point rather than tackle the colts in Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes at Goodwood or in the Prix Jacques Le Marois later in the month on the same straight mile.

That plan looks set to pay dividends.

“To give top-class three-year-olds weight like she did in the Falmouth was not an easy thing to do,” said Barry Mahon, racing manager to owners Juddmonte. “She has probably developed a good bit from three to four and is a big, strong unit now and I thought she was very good at Royal Ascot and then even better in the Falmouth. It’s exciting.”

Blue Bolt faces seven rivals headed by Precise, one of the flag bearers for the classic generation.

Aidan O’Brien’s G1 Irish 1000 Guineas (1600m) and G1 Coronation Stakes (1594m) winner is out for revenge after finishing a two-length runner-up to Blue Bolt at Newmarket on her last start.

Karl Burke, who saddled Fallen Angel to win 12 months ago, sends over his G1 1000 Guineas (1600m) runner-up Evolutionist.

She has run twice since, well beaten over further in the G1 Prix de Diane (2100m) before taking the lead briefly only to run out of steam when fourth in the Falmouth.

Prix de l’Arc winning trainer Sir Mark Prescott saddles Moon Target, who made a mockery of her 33-1 odds when putting in a notable performance in fourth, two lengths behind Precise in the Coronation Stakes on her delayed seasonal debut.

“Moon Target is fine after her run in the Coronation Stakes,” reported Prescott. “The team’s decision was not to run her back quickly, which we did as a two year old. ”

“It was a very a good run at Royal Ascot. She was third on merit as she got into a fight. You would have been happy to settle for that on her comeback so it was a good run.”

“It’s nice to see she looks a genuine Group One filly going forwards,” added jockey Luke Morris.

Andre Fabre relies on the beautifully-bred Anakova to register a third success in four years for her master French trainer.

She booked her ticket when gamely holding off Gaga Girl in a ParisLongchamp Listed contest (1600m) on far softer ground than she is expected to encounter here.

Godspeed bids to better last year’s fourth with the field completed by Green Spirit who was running on in eye-catching style when third in the G1 French 1000 Guineas (1600m) but was out of luck in the French Oaks.

The G1 Prix Rothschild World Pool by PMU (1600m) is carded as S2-3 and will be run at 10.40pm (Hong Kong time) on Sunday

Photo: Healy Racing