EXCITEMENT is mounting at the yard of another small trainer, Louisa Carberry, English-born wife of the Irish-born Champion Hurdle-winning jockey, Philip Carberry, that Docteur De Ballon will have a big chance in the €820,000 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris on May 19th.

This follows his stunning success in a hot renewal of the Grade 3 Prix Ingre at Auteuil on Saturday.