Free Eagle set for Longchamp

Dermot Weld believes Free Eagle is good enough to run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October.

The four-year-old won last month’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes on his seasonal debut at Royal Ascot having missed last season’s Classics due to injury.

However, the son of High Chaparral is now beginning to fulfil his potential, and Weld thinks there is much more to come from him.

The 66-year-old Irish trainer said: “Unfortunately he got a stress fracture of his tibia when he was working exceptionally well last year and that delayed his entire late spring and summer campaign.

“But I thought he put up an excellent performance in winning the Prince of Wales’s. It was lovely to win a nice Group One with him at Royal Ascot but I think there’s more to come and, with luck, he can do better in the autumn.

“He’s relaxed and well balanced and hopefully he’ll be able to run in the Arc.”