Usherette & Fintry Seek Rothschild Success

Time/Date - 16.10hrs local time/Sunday, August 2, 2015 Racecourse/Country - Deauville/France
Surface/Distance - Turf/1m

Usherette and Fintry bid for Group One success in the Prix Rothschild over a mile at Deauville, France, on Sunday, August 2.

Both fillies are trained by Andre Fabre, with unbeaten three-year-old Usherette stepping up sharply in class following two wins at Chantilly, most recently when scoring by a length and a half in a mile turf conditions race on June 19.

The daughter of Shamardal had previously beaten subsequent Group Three scorer Kataniya by a neck in a Polytrack maiden over nine and a half furlongs on March 30.

Fintry stayed on after meeting trouble in running to finish a close fifth, a length and a quarter behind the victorious Amazing Maria, in the Group One QIPCO Falmouth Stakes over a mile at Newmarket on July 10.

The four-year-old, also by Shamardal, made all to beat Avenir Certain by half a length in the Group Three Bertrand du Breuil Longines over a mile at Chantilly on June 14. She finished fifth on her seasonal return in the nine-furlong Group Two Charm Spirit Dahlia Stakes on the Rowley Mile on May 3 and came home third behind Integral at the same course in the mile Group One Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes in October.

Fintry gained a hat-trick of wins last summer, headed by a comfortable success in the Group Two Prix de Sandringham over a mile at Chantilly. Mickael Barzalona partners Usherette again, with Vincent Cheminaud on board Fintry for the first time.

Lisa-Jane Graffard of Godolphin said: "Usherette is a filly that we have brought along very slowly and patiently but she has always shown a lot of class. She is unbeaten in two starts and has been working very well.

"It's a massive step up in class but we hope that she is capable of running well at Group One level.

"Fintry was slightly unlucky in the Falmouth Stakes but one or two others in the field were probably more unlucky.

"She is a very honest filly and very straightforward. She goes into this race with a bit to find with a couple of runners but we expect her to run to her consistent level of form."

Usherette and Fintry tackle six fillies and mares headed by Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Coronation Stakes heroine Ervedya, Amazing Maria and Falmouth Stakes fourth Bawina.