Eight of French Endeavour’s 12 starts have been in stakes company and she drops back to benchmark grade at Randwick.

Trainer Matt Smith has lofty aspirations for French Endeavour, who resumes at Rosehill.

Leading jockey Dylan Gibbons says potential knockout horse French Endeavour is “ready for her grand final” in the $750,000 Darley Flight Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Matthew Smith expects a better barrier to prove significant for Flight Stakes hopeful French Endeavour.

He liked Buenos Noches as a yearling, but Matt Smith is liking him even more as an older horse.