Luska chasing debut delayed after fall Luska Lad's chasing debut has been delayed after he suffered a fall when schooling. John Hanlon was hoping the seven-year-old would have started over fences by now, but an accident at home means his debut over the bigger obstacles will not come until January. Rated 159 at his peak over timber, he could take high rank. "I had him entered recently, but he had a fall schooling and he's had a bit of a setback so we won't see him until early January I'd say," said Hanlon. "It's just going to take a couple of weeks to clear up - he'll still be going chasing, it's just a muscle problem." Hanlon is to step Mart Lane up in class after he sauntered home on his hurdling debut at Perth. "We are biding our time with Mart Lane. We were going to run him in a Graded race but Barry (O'Connell, owner) had another runner so I couldn't run him," said Hanlon. "He's in savage form and I'd say he'll probably go for one of the good novice races at Leopardstown at Christmas. "Hopefully we'll be getting busier again in the next few weeks. The likes of Alfa Beat and Clondaw Warrior are coming back in now and I'd say they'd be out at Christmas as well. "We've just been quiet with the summer horses finishing off and I probably didn't bring the winter horses back in early enough - from Saturday we'll be getting going properly."
