As the flat season nears its end, black-type opportunities are becoming thinner on the ground and Wednesday's G3 Prix des Reservoirs at Deauville offers one of the last for the juvenile fillies, with Invincible Queen (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) looking to make her mark. Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Thani's bay struck a chord when winning impressively on debut over this course and distance Aug. 23 before finishing fourth as the favourite in Chantilly's G3 Prix d'Aumale also over this trip Sept. 8 and sets the standard on that form. His Highness The Aga Khan's Vadsariya (Fr) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) was also fourth on her first black-type test in the Listed Criterium du FEE at this track and trip Aug. 20, while Jean-Claude Rouget relies on the unbeaten Onthemoonagain (Fr) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Jean-Louis Tepper & Gerard Augustin-Normand's bay has to improve on her latest win in a 7 1/2-furlong conditions event at Cagnes-sur-Mer Sept. 3, but time and again the stable's runners come out of the provinces to make an impact on the main prizes.
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