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George Boughey’s 2022 1000 Guineas heroine Cachet looks set for a tilt at the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp this weekend.
The Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned filly hadn't been seen since finishing sixth in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot last year prior to making her reappearance in the Group 3 Sceptre Fillies' Stakes at Doncaster earlier in the month.
George Boughey's daughter of Aclaim shaped with plenty of promise back in fourth that day and Newmarket-based handler is confident his Group 1 winning star will strip much fitter with that outing under her belt.
Boughey said: "I was pleased with Cachet this morning and she is a lot tighter than she was on her seasonal debut. Mathematically she is a lot fitter on the scales."
A return to Newmarket for the Group 1 Sun Chariot looked on the cards for Cachet following her reappearance effort but with forecast conditions likely to suit in Paris this weekend, a trip to Longchamp for the seven-furlong Prix de la Foret now looks on the cards.
Boughey added: "The ground looks like it will be decent in France and that is where we are leaning towards at the moment, plus there is a stronger favourite in the Sun Chariot [Inspiral] than in the Foret.
"The ground was too soft for her at Doncaster, but it should be a lot better in France at the weekend. It could end up raining in Newmarket and I don't want to miss a chance like this.
"She will like the seven furlongs around the bend at Longchamp and we will make plenty of use of her. She is in good form and should run well."
