Andrew Balding has one in this Chester contest with 99-rated Stormbuster, who begun well in his flat career before struggling on his last two outings prior to coming here. He was third on his first two starts at Newbury and Sandown before stepping up in trip and class to finish second in listed stakes at Salisbury, five lengths behind Flying Honours.
He then opened his account by winning Newbury class two with ease but hasn’t quite been the same on his previous two starts, finishing last of eight in group one at Doncaster and last of five in listed event at Epson Downs last month (Hadrianus in second).
Possibly best to look elsewhere for the winner here after his last two showings make him hard to make a case for. Oisin Murphy is on board.