NEWS 

Lola Paige was disappointing at Kempton last night in the 32Red On The App Store Nursery Handicap, she broke well, travelled well and had lovely position under David Probert. However she weakened quickly from about 1.5 furlongs out and left us scratching our head a little. We had her check out by the race course vets post race and the results came back showing 2 on mucus from her scope. This would of been significant enough to effect her and she will be treated in the following week or so. There was absolutely no sign of this before the race and we are sure she is capable of winning a race at worst.

Lola Paige makes her handicap debut in the 32Red On The AppStore Nursery (Class 5) 5.40pm at Kempton park on Thursday evening. In turn this will also be her first start for Dave O'Meara having been advised to move her by William Haggas. The expectation is for her to be very competitive and we feel her mark of 72 is workable. We would of like to give her another go on the grass but with the ground testing up and down the country we felt it would be better to go to the all weather to guarantee she does not have too hard a race.

Funny Man Due A Break After Finishing 8th At Doncaster On Friday 25/10/19 in the Vertem Investing For The Future Handicap (Class 3) over 1m6f. The ground was given as heavy and all though very testing Funny Man travelled well till around 3 furlongs from home before getting tired. Funny Man has had a great summer winning 3 races and finishing placed a further 5 times. His first win was off a mark of 58 and is now rated 83. The plan going forward is to give the horse a winter break back at Appletree Stud with a view to returning in the spring. Although Funny man has risen 25lb in the ratings Dave O'Meara is hopeful he can improve, after all he is a big raw individual. Given time he should strengthen and mature and be an interesting horse to go to war with in staying handicaps next spring/summer.

Funny Man is declared to run in the Vertem Investing for the Future Handicap 1m6f (class 3). It is likely to be his last run of the season as he has a had a busy year, this will be his 12th outing. We have been delighted with how he has progressed throughout the season rising 25lb in the ratings. This looks a very competitive race, but we are hoping there is still some improvement in the horse as he matures and hope he can be placed at worst. Jim Crowley takes the ride again.

Lola Paige has been moved to Dave O'Meara's on the advice of William Haggas. After discussion this week with William, we came to the conclusion she may be better suited by the change of scenery and away from the hussle and bussle of Newmarket. Lola has a handicap mark of 72 which we feel is workable and Dave has done well with previous horses in a similar situation.

Gallaside finished sixth in the British EBF Nursery Handicap at Nottingham On Wednesday Afternoon. In very testing conditions, he was no match for Godolphin's Dubai Souq and ultimately finished well beaten in the end. He will come home for a well deserved break and this three year old type has already exceeded expectations this year as a two year old. He is an exciting horse for next year and hopefully he can continue to progress further.