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Tue 07 Jul 2007Eagle on course for ParisEagle Mountain is on course to attempt some "Bastille Day" glory in Paris on Saturday where the beaten Irish Derby favourite will line up for the Group One Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp.Kieren Fallon will again team up with the Aidan O'Brien-trained colt who followed his second to Authorized in the Epsom Derby with a disappointing third to his stable companion, Soldier Of Fortune, at the Curragh just 10 days ago.