Racehorse trainer Lizzie Quinlan is gearing up to take a team of horses to Cartmel Racecourse this weekend.

Ms Quinlan, who runs the Bolton Mill stable near Appleby, said: "We don’t normally have three or four wagons going to one meeting - but we do at Cartmel.

"It takes a lot of organizing and logistics with horses and staff.

"We look forward to racing at Cartmel every year and we have a nice team ready."

Ms Quinlan is no stranger to Cartmel as racing there is a family tradition.

Her mother, Barbara Butterworth, had horses that won at Cartmel, and Ms Quinlan remembers playing on the famous racecourse funfair as a child.

Her daughters Sophia, three, and Isla, two, enjoy attending the races, and her jockey husband, Sean Quinlan, will be there riding her horses.

Ms Quinlan said: "A lot of years ago I can remember wanting to go on the funfair at Cartmel races and I can remember the old winners’ enclosure.

"Mum had winners around there and there are pictures in the kitchen.

"Our girls now love to go and watch daddy and mummy’s horses.

"Cartmel has a lovely atmosphere and they look after you really well.

"We love going and supporting them."

Ms Quinlan took over from her mother, who had operated with a permit to train her own horses, while Ms Quinlan took out a dual-purpose training licence that enables her to train horses for other owners too.

"I’m really enjoying it and learning on a daily basis," she said.

"We are into a nice routine, we have a great team and have some lovely horses."

22 horses in the yard for 14 different owners are currently counted in Ms Quinlan's stable.

One of the horses, City Derby, also known as Jerry, may run in the Cumbria Crystal Cup on Saturday.

Ms Quinlan said: "City Derby has won his last two at Cartmel, he loves it there, he comes to life round Cartmel.

"He is the nicest horse you could ever wish to meet, lovely to ride, lovely to deal with and he always tries his heart out."

Others in the stable include Getaway Luv - Ms Quinlan’s first winner, at Catterick; Heritier, who finished second in the Go North Series at Carlisle; and Restandbethankful.

Ms Quinlan will consider Restandbethankful, who finished second in his recent outing at Cartmel, for the upcoming Cartmel races.

Elogio and Ange Endormi, who won at Cartmel last season, and Minella Youngy are also among her candidates.

“We run what we can run at Cartmel," said Ms Quinlan.

"There could be some others as well."

Cartmel’s racing director, Geraldine McKay, said: "Our local trainers are the lifeblood of Cartmel races and I am always delighted to see them here, supporting our race programme and our place serving racing in the North."

Racing at Cartmel is on Saturday 20 and Monday 22 July, with a DJ set by Vernon Kay after racing on the Saturday.