Funny Man completes the hat trick on Saturday night when winning the Strong Recruitment Group Handicap at Lingfield. He was held up last of four in a race that was ran at a generous pace even in a small field by David Nolan. He ran a bit in snatches on the soft ground and got a bit caught on heels turning into the home straight, but he responded well to pressure to reel in leader Arthur Pendragon by 2 1/4 lengths at the line. Hopefully there is more improvement yet to come from him, and he can aspire to more valuable targets in the future.

Funny Man is declared Saturday evening at Lingfield for the 6:00 Strong Recruitment Group Handicap 1m6f. He will be facing three rivals as he bids to make it three on the bounce after an impressive win at Doncaster last weekend on first start for David O'Meara. That run was over 1m4f and Funny Man steps up in distance again to 1m6f, a trip he won over at Yarmouth two starts ago. David Nolan takes the ride and will be wearing reapplied blinkers. We are very hopeful that Funny Man can keep the winning thread going.

Funny Man (Distorted Humor x Midnight Thoughts) followed up his Yarmouth victory when winning Donate £5 Text Fly5 to 70800 handicap stakes at Doncaster on Saturday night. His first start for David O'Meara, the horse has took time coming to hand and seems to be getting to grips with racing. Lets hope the handicapper is not to hard on him and gives him a chance to progress further. He has come out of his race well and he will have an entry for Lingfield in the Strong Recruitment Group Handicap Stakes over 1m6f this coming Saturday night. Check the website later in the week for confirmation of his declaration.

We have Funny Man heading to Doncaster on Saturday for the 8:45 Donate £5 Text Fly5 To 80800 Handicap 1m4f. This will be his first run for trainer David O'Meara after winning a Yarmouth 1m6f handicap last time out for William Haggas. William advised that a change of scenery may help him stay fresh and sharp, so hopefully he will have learned a bit from getting his head in front. While he is dropping in trip on this occasion we are hopeful this will not inconvenience him after looking as though he needed every yard of the 1m6f last time. He is in the reapplied blinkers and Daniel Tudhope takes the ride.

Unfortunately Lola Paige did not run to expectations this evening, finishing a disappointing 5th in the Longines Irish Champions Weekend EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes at Haydock. Paul Hanagan placed her in a good position through the early stages and travelled well turning in although when push came to shove she had no answers for the Golden Horn newcomer of Mark Johnston's. We are sure she is better than this performance, we will have her checked out and hopefully we can find a reason for the below par run.