Overview
- Blue Bolt delivered a late lunge to win the Group 1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville, holding off Precise and recording the fourth top-level success of her campaign.
- The result confirms the pair’s recent form lines after Blue Bolt also beat Precise in the Falmouth Stakes a little over three weeks earlier.
- The Deauville victory was Blue Bolt’s seventh career win and came after a season that included a Listed comeback at Goodwood, the Duke of Cambridge at Royal Ascot and the Group 1 Falmouth.
- Trainer Andrew Balding praised the filly’s strength and temperament and named the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown as the likely next target for her campaign.
- Connections and analysts point to Deauville’s flat straight favouring speedier milers, Aidan O’Brien says Precise was bumped in the gates at Newmarket, and other fillies such as Moon Target, Evolutionist and Green Spirit keep the division competitive and will shape future targets.