Smokey set to step up

Brighton’s EBF Newhaven To Le Havre On Transmanche Ferries Maiden Stakes has been landed by some decent future performers in its various guises over the years and this year’s winner Smokey Storm will soon be stepped up in grade too.

The only runner of the day from a rare visitor to the track in William Jarvis, the 9-4 shot only obliged by the skin of his teeth with a head verdict over 6-5 favourite Brenin Taran.