Lordag has taken a step up in class in each of his campaigns and his trainer Robert Heathcote hopes this time it will lead to overdue stakes success.Lordag raced in Melbourne during the spring last year but this season Heathcote elected to keep him for the summer in Brisbane and possibly Sydney.The gelding is one of four horses Heathcote will have in Saturdays Open Hcp (1350m) at Doomben as he plans to keep the momentum going for his best start to a season in years.Heathcote has had 40 overall winners and leads the Brisbane premiership with 29 wins.He will saddle Lordag, Saluter, Jopa and Volkhere in the race which features several horses resuming with the summer feature races in mind.Lordag raced well in stakes races during the winter without winning and Heathcote thinks he is ready to take another step this summer.At this stage we are looking at races such as the Bernborough Handicap on New Years Eve which I have won a few times, Heathcote said.But if he is going well enough we might even sneak down to Sydney for the (Group Two) Villiers Stakes in mid-December.If he has taken a step up like I think, he should be ready for a race like that.Lordag has a win and a second from two starts at the Doomben 1350m and has also won first-up.Heathcote also expects Saluter and Jopa to race well.Saluter again has a claim but the (outside) barrier is no great help. Jopa seems to save winning for Doomben and he loves the 1350 metres, Heathcote said.But it is the return of Volkhere that will have Heathcote on his toes.I know he is an eight-year-old but he was racing well in the winter when he was third in the JRA Cup behind Real Love and Sir John Hawkwood, he said.That is terrific form for Brisbane staying races with Sir John Hawkwood later winning the ATC Metropolitan and Real Love running in races like the Caulfield Cup.Then Volkhere got an abscess on a hoof and before we knew it three more came out, Heathcote said.It has taken us a long time to get him right again so it will be interesting to see how he goes on Saturday.Steve Grogan Youth Jersey . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. 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I came back from a high ankle [sprain] within 10 days. I was supposed to be out four to six weeks. I dont remember much from that game. I just remember catching those balls. And that was pretty much it.Then a member of the Chicago Bears, Marshall had five catches for 48 yards and three touchdowns in Chicagos 28-20 win against San Francisco in Week 2 of the 2014 season. Its one of two games in his career in which the 11-year veteran has caught three touchdownns.ddddddddddddarshall hasnt played the Niners since, but he will renew acquaintances with them Sunday at Levis Stadium as a member of the Jets.Over the past couple of years, pain management has become a more prevalent topic in NFL circles, with former players such as offensive tackle Eugene Monroe becoming advocates of the benefits of marijuana.The NFL has said it would not be changing its policy on marijuana, for now, as states across the country, including California, legalize it through elections. The NFL Players Association, however, will continue its pre-election efforts to form a pain management committee that will, among other tasks, explore the use and effects of marijuana as a natural pain reliever.That is something I actually want to research more this offseason, when I have time, Marshall said. Im not a guy that knows about the benefits of what it can do for pain and other things. But I would like to hear others opinions and really research the effects it can have on us, the positive and negative.Information from ESPNs Kevin Seifert was used in this report. ' ' '