EAGLE BACKED TO SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH VICTORY AT NOVICE STAKES AT CARLISLE

Verreaux Eagle can finally get off the mark in the Introducing Racing TV Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Carlisle.

The three-year-old came up against a potential star in Bellosa on her first run of the year – and while she has not built on that promising performance in two subsequent runs, she has ability, and this might be the right opportunity.

Puckle can bring up her hat-trick in the Racing With Pride Handicap.

She was successful at Nottingham and

Pontefract so far this month, and Mark Johnston turns her out again quickly. She can defy another penalty. At Nottingham, Chanson D’Amour may win affection with the punters by breaking her duck in the opening Betstival Season At MansionBet EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies’ Stakes on a seven-race evening card.

George Scott’s juvenile has shown promise and progress in each of her three runs so far, getting closer on each occasion and overcoming an errant passage at Windsor most recently to be beaten only by a length into third.

Her trainer has responded by applying first-time cheekpieces, and they will need to bring about only fair improvement for Chanson D’Amour to be right in the shakeup this time.

SELECTIONS

CARLISLE: 1.25 Chief’s Will, 1.55 Verreaux Eagle, 2.30 Gleaming Arch, 3.05 Sharrabang, 3.40 Clansman, 4.15 Puckle, 4.50 Golden Melody, 5.20 Six Strings. LINGFIELD: 1.00 Fair Power, 1.35 Great Esteem, 2.10 Meydan Rose, 2.45 Adaay In Asia, 3.20 Mamillius, 3.50 Bird For Life, 4.20 Black Sparrow.

NOTTINGHAM: 5.50 Chanson D’Amour, 6.20 Out Of The East, 6.50 Ee Bah Gum, 7.20 Flower Of Thunder, 7.50 Belvedere Blast, 8.20 Eponina, 8.50 Nakeeta.

DOUBLE: Verreaux Eagle and Puckle. CASTLEGATE SELECTION: TELLMEYOURSTORY (Carlisle, 4.50).