Storm striving for Craven success
Striving Storm will bid to book his Classic ticket when he makes his seasonal bow in the banshahousestables.com Craven Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.
Peter Chapple-Hyam’s colt won one of his four starts last term, putting in a career-best performance when third behind the highly-rated pair of Dijeerr and Mythical Kid on his final start of the season in the Horris Hill Stakes.
Chapple-Hyam reports the son of Stormin Fever to have improved through the winter, but admits he would have preferred slightly easier ground for tomorrow’s mile test.
“I’ve been pleased with his work this spring and he has improved from two to three,” said the Newmarket handler.
“The Craven will hopefully be a stepping stone towards the German 2000 Guineas and, further down the line, the French Derby.
“Perhaps we would have liked the ground to have been a little bit easier but you can’t have everything!” he told www.peterchapplehyam.com.
