SIGNS Of Blessing bounced back to the form which won him last year’s Group 1 LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest when he won the Meautry in style. Stephane Pasquier did not hang about as the gelding broke well and was never headed in the six-furlong dash.

He was shadowed throughout by Finsbury Square but dominated the situation from one furlong out. The winning distance was two lengths and Spiritfix stayed on in third place. The English runner Lahore was beaten over 11 lengths back in fifth place.

Francois Rohaut trains Signs Of Blessing at Pau and he said: “As usual, he won easily and his run in the (fifth) is best forgotten. It a pleasure to have a horse like him as he’s easy to train and ride. In addition, he’s competitive over all sprint distances. There’s a good race for him at Chantilly on October 1st (Abbaye) and we could travel to Hong Kong later in the season.”

Finsbury Square will tackle Signs Of Blessing again in the Abbaye according to Fabrice Chappet. He commented: “It was a semi comeback race as he hadn’t run for over two months. Signs Of Blessing is a tough horse when he makes all. We’re well pleased and he heads for the Abbaye as planned.”

HONEST

Attendu wins a Group 3 race every year and on this occasion it was the straight mile Quincey, which the Wertheimer brothers picked up with Solow in 2014 who then reeled of eight successes including Group 1 wins at Meydan, Longchamp, Ascot twice and Goodwood. Attendu is not quite the same class, but is honest.

Maxime led for a short time on the son of Acclamation before letting Dicton carry out the donkey work. Attendu went to the front one and a half out and went on to win by a neck from Wireless, with Dicton staying on under a length away third.

There was a stewards’ enquiry as Guyon was a little clumsy with his whip. The result was left unchanged but the winning rider was fined €300 for a professional fault.

“He’s come up against some top-class horses recently and was not quite up to the task. Attendu’s a super horse as he’s now won a group race at two, three and four.

“We must have a chat with Carlos Laffon-Parias about his future,” commented the Wertheimer manager Pierre-Yves Bureau.

The colt has been entered in the Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Chantilly on September 30th and the Prix de la Foret the following day.

Runner-up Wireless will head for the Daniel Wildenstein, according to Vaclav Luka, and Gianluca Bietolini was well pleased with Dicton. “He hasn’t run for four months and has never made the running in the past.”