Four lots of Guineas form under the microscope in Prix Jean Prat

Qatar Prix Jean Prat (Group 1)| 3yo | colts & fillies | 1m (straight)

Saturday's Eclipse showed that a field of seven runners can produce a thrilling and high-class spectacle and we should expect no less from the septet set to burn up the fast straight mile at Deauville.

Transferred from its home of more than 20 years around Chantilly's sweeping right-hand bend to act as a springboard for three-year-olds towards the Prix Jacques le Marois here in five weeks' time, the Jean Prat has attracted the winner and runner-up from the French Guineas in Olmedo and Hey Gaman.

Neither of those two horses fully stayed when stepped up to an extended mile and a quarter in the Jockey Club, a race in which Intellogent was a close-up fourth.

Gustav Klimt has progressed from an ordinary sixth in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket to be third at the Curragh, and then found just Without Parole too strong in the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot.

Ancient Spirit bolted clear of his toiling rivals in the German 2,000 Guineas, a performance that puts him only 2lb behind Olmedo on Racing Post Ratings.

And in Wusool, an impressive Group 3 winner last time, and the supplemented Cascadian, who Andre Fabre believed was his best two-year-old colt at this trip last autumn, the line-up screams competitive.

What they say

Jean-Claude Rouget, trainer of Olmedo
He retains his heart and his head and everything's fine with him. Apart from the Jockey Club, he has always run over a mile. He won the Poule d’Essai over that trip and he's in the same form as then.

Francois Rohaut, trainer of Wusool
He went straight up to Deauville after his last run and he settled in well – he's a horse with a good temperament. He worked well on the straight track there on Tuesday and everything's going the right way. We skipped the Poule d’Essai because it came a bit quick for him and he lacked a bit of maturity. Now it’s time to see if he's a just a good horse or if he's a really good horse.

James Tate, trainer of Hey Gaman
We’re very happy with him and his form gives him a big shout with the others. We’re expecting a big run and we’re just hoping he's going to have his day in one of these Group 1s sooner or later. In the French Derby he was in front with a furlong to go and didn’t get home, so the mile looks his optimum trip. I wouldn’t want the ground to get too fast but they usually do a good job.

Aidan O’Brien, trainer of Gustav Klimt
He's been in good form since Royal Ascot where he ran very well when second in the St James's Palace Stakes. We think he's progressing all the time and we're happy with him.

Jean-Pierre Carvalho, trainer of Ancient Spirit
Everything has gone fine since his Guineas win and he seems to have become a little bit calmer as well. He's always shown a bit of character and we put the blinkers on for the Guineas to make him concentrate after he messed about during his trial. It seemed to do the trick.

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