Point Of Reference

Longchamp’s G3 Prix la Rochette is usually a race to take note of in the French juvenile pattern and Sunday’s edition looks no exception with Joel Seche’s The Turning Point (Fr) (Hurricane Cat) cast as leading man on the best of his form. Impressive when winning the Listed Criterium de Bequest by six lengths over six furlongs at La Teste de Buch last time Aug. 5, he has stamina to prove but has given every indication that he should get at least this extra furlong. Mulungu Bloodstock’s Aim To Please (Fr) (Excellent Art {GB}) looks his main opponent after his comprehensive 3 1/2-length defeat of the re-opposing Mangusto (Fr) (Roderic O’Connor {Ire}) in Deauville’s Listed Prix Francois Boutin at this distance Aug. 16, while the unproven trio representing the major breeding operations have all met before. First, second and third, respectively, in a six-furlong debutantes affair at Deauville July 30, Joseph Allen’s Omar Bradley (War Front), the Wertheimers’ Attendu (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}) and Khalid Abdullah’s Lawmaking (GB) (Zamindar) could come out in any order here.