Make Lads your Order of the day

LADS ORDER bolted up on his first start for Mick Appleby and should repeat the dose on his return to Southwell.

The son of Lilbourne Lad only hinted at ability in four outings in novice company on turf for Tony Coyle and as a result made his handicap and all-weather debut from a lowly mark of 57 in Nottinghamshire less than a fortnight ago.

Lads Order was the subject of a significant gamble during the morning of the race and that confidence proved well placed as the youngster brushed aside his rivals with the minimum of fuss.

The handicapper unsurprisingly took a dim view, handing Appleby’s charge a hefty 12lb rise in the weights.

However, that might not be enough to stop a horse who is open to further improvement and for whom this step up to seven furlongs in the Ladbrokes Bet 5 Get 20 Nursery Handicap unlikely to be inconvenience.

Rare has been found a decent opportunity to finally come good in the Betway Maiden Stakes.

David Redvers shelled out 420,000 to secure the Galileo filly as a yearling and add her to the Qatar Racing roster.

That looks a touch expensive now, as although she has been placed on three of her five starts to date, she is clearly no star.

That said, there are races to be won with her and after a spell with Sir Michael Stoute, she shaped with encouragement when third at Lingfield recently on her first start for Archie Watson.

She plugged on to finish third that day over a mile and a half and perhaps the more testing nature of the surface at Southwell will see her in an even better light. is an