Seven colts and five fillies line up in Sunday’s (7 July) Prix Jean Prat at Deauville all with very different backgrounds but all with the same objective – to claim a first success in Group 1 company.

The picturesque Normandy track is the stage for the 1400m contest with Devil’s Point, Kikkuli, Romantic Style and Kathmandu among the fancied contenders.

Devil’s Point trainer David Menuisier – a Frenchman based in Newmarket – has had the Prix Jean Prat on the agenda for his smart colt since the start of the season.

The G2 German 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner will be well suited to the drop back in trip.

"We are following the established plan," Menuisier told French website jourdegalop. "He showed lots of speed in Germany, and found the end of the race a little long so over 1400m he is capable of improving a few pounds."

A recent Royal Ascot runner in the mix is Kikkuli, the last offspring of legendary Frankel’s late dam Kind. He finished like a train in the G3 Jersey Stakes (1400m), beaten a short-head.

A head was the distance Kathmandu missed out by with a great run in second in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas, 1600m). She is another likely to be suited by a shorter trip.

Two places back in fourth that day at ParisLongchamp came Romantic Style, whose owners Godolphin have won a record five Prix Jean Prats. A course and distance winner on her 2024 reappearance she will have her supporters.

Master French trainer Andre Fabre’s quest for a sixth win in the race depends on the supplemented Zandy and Sajir, who renews rivalry with Havana Cigar and another supplementary entry, Puchkine.

This trio last met in a Group 3 over 1400m with Havana Cigar second, Sajir third and Puchkine fourth.

"He’s already won over 1400m as a two-year-old so the distance shouldn’t be a problem," the owner’s racing manager Ted Voute told jourdegalop.

"We believe he has room for improvement on his last run."

Add in Iberian and Beauvatier, who are both on redemption missions after disappointing in the English and G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas, 1600m), respectively, and classy Irish challenger Vespertilio and this Prix Jean Prat should be one to savour.