midfield, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace to go third inside final furlong
towards rear, switched left 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
awkward leaving stalls, soon led, headed after 2f, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
midfield, headway to lead after 2f, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon ridden, no extra and lost third inside final furlong
held up in rear, nudged along over 3f out, smooth headway to lead over 2f out, ridden 2f out, carried right and bumped by rival over 1f out, edged right and headed final 100yds, stayed on strongly to lead again final strides (hand time)
raced keenly, chased leader, dropped to third after 2f, nudged along over 4f out, headway to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden, edged right and bumped rival over 1f out, led final 100yds, ran on well, headed final strides
NonRunner
Winning hurdler Giovanni Change hasn’t had many runs on the Flat. Blistering Barney has improved for a step up in trip and won over 1m6f at Nottingham in May but is 5lb higher now whereas STORM CHASER can actually race off a 3lb lower mark than when a wide-margin winner at the same track eight days ago. Rose Dawes pinched a big lead that day and never looked like being caught but Mick Channon’s stayer should still double up here ahead of the in-form three-year-old Mostly Cloudy and Redcar third The Predictor.
Lunar Jet 66-1 (9-2) Slow into stride, in rear, never on terms, 9th of 13, 21l behind Pride Of America (9-2) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in May.
Blistering Barney (IRE) 5-4fav (9-8) Tracked clear leader, closed up well over 3f out, led 3f out, soon pushed along and in command, stayed on well, comfortably, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in May beating Red Derek (8-8) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Giovanni Change (FR) 8-1 (11-0) Chased leaders on outside, mistake 5th, not fluent 8th, soon weakened and pulled up, at Cartmel 3m 1f hcp (2) gd in May.
Storm Chaser (FR) 7-2 (9-12) Led, soon well clear, went further ahead halfway, pushed along well over 2f out, unchallenged, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Jun beating Hidden Pearl (8-9) by 26l, 7 ran.
Mostly Cloudy (IRE) 10-11fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden clear, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Pons Aelius (8-13) by 5l, 5 ran.
The Predictor (IRE) 28-1 (9-9) Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, hung left and outpaced 2f out, not clear run on rail and switched right 1f out, stayed on into modest 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Claritudo (9-2) at Redcar 1m 6f mdn hcp (5) gd in May.
Puntastic (IRE) 11-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden and outpaced 3f out, rallied inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 5 3/4l behind Savvy Knight (9-9) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp (4) gd in Jun.