Carberry eyes French Champion Hurdle glory British-born Louisa Carberry's burgeoning training career could get even better on Sunday as she looks to have her first Grade One runner in her adopted home of France on Sunday. As long as the ground is suitable, she intends saddling Rameur in the French Champion Hurdle (the Grande Course De Haies D'Auteuil) in Paris. The niece of former trainer Kim Brassey only took out a licence last year, but is already enjoying great success with the help of her husband, Philip Carberry, a member of one of biggest families in Irish jump racing. As he is stable jockey as well as her husband, he will be aboard Rameur, who gave the trainer her biggest success to date when landing France's premier handicap hurdle at Auteuil on his latest start. "It's a huge help having Philip. He only really rides for me and it's great helping me out here at home every day," said Carberry, who is based at Senonnes near Angers in west France. "He's won a lot of top races in France and knows all the tracks so well and he knows the horses too. "Rameur is ready to go. He ran well last time and he won. He's come out of the race very well," "He's had a lot of problems throughout his career and at the moment he's had a clear run ahead of Sunday. "He's done his last piece of work so we'll have our fingers crossed for Sunday. "His win last time out was our biggest win, a Grade Three, in the biggest handicap hurdle in France. "It's the first time we've had a Grade One runner. "We were third in the French Grand National and that's a Grade Three race. "We just hope there's going to be a bit of rain. He appreciates soft ground. There are storms forecast. "As long as the ground is soft enough he'll run. There's nothing else for him now. "If he doesn't run on Sunday, he'll have a break and go for something in the autumn." The fledgling trainer has been delighted with the way things have gone in such a short time. "I came over in 2010 and worked for Alain de Royer-Dupre and I got my licence as a trainer last year," she said. "It's fantastic. It's going very well and we're very happy with the way the horses have been. "We've had four winners from 15 runners this year, including a couple at Auteuil, which is the French equivalent of Cheltenham. "They are running well and we've got some nice young horses coming through. "We've got just over 20 horses. It's grown that quickly. We had about five to begin with and we've built up nicely this year."
