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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. Fake Flames Jerseys . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. Calgary Flames Gear . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. 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He tweeted about it Monday, and coach Jay Gruden confirmed Galettes status Tuesday.Junior did everything he had to do to get his Achilles ready to play this year, worked as hard as anybody in the weight room getting himself ready and was just doing some standard get-offs, I guess, and popped the other one, Gruden said on Richmond, Virginia, radio station ESPN 950. It happens. Its kind of weird because a lot of times when somebody tears one Achilles the next one comes soon after.The loss of Galette is a major setback to the defense, which added All-Pro cornerback Josh Norman during free agency. Galette was supposed to boost Washingtons pass rush.The coaching staffs plan was to keep Galette out of organized team workouts until camp as he made his way back from the left Achilles injury. In May, Galette said he was as excited as he has ever been during his football career, and Gruden called him a kid at Christmas waiting for his chance to play.Galette posted a series of tweets and videos of workouts on Monday and Tuesday with various messages about the injury.dddddddddddd He said on Instagram he was more explosive than before he tore his left Achilles tendon and on Twitter he promised to return better than ever.The 28-year-old last played for the New Orleans Saints in 2014 when he had 10 sacks and 45 tackles. The Redskins re-signed him to a $4 million, one-year deal during the offseason.Galette has 31 1/2 sacks and 128 tackles in 64 NFL games, all with the Saints.Without Galette, the Redskins will be leaning on second-year pro Preston Smith more than they had expected. Smith had 35 tackles last season as a rookie after Washington selected him in the second round of the 2015 draft.Galettes injury is more somber news for the Redskins, who on Monday announced they released Kyshoen Jarrett after the safety failed his physical. Jarrett sustained nerve damage to a shoulder in the regular-season finale against Dallas and did not participate in offseason workouts.The teams first workout is Thursday in Richmond.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '