OUT IN THE STICKS

Jeremy Grayson with his latest report from off the beaten track

CARTMEL, August 7 (Good to soft, soft in places) 3m1f107yds (+36yds) 0-105 Novices’ Handicap Chase (class 5)
The run-in at Cartmel is so long that it would be brave to insist the cumulative effect of mistakes at the final two fences made the difference between victory and the eventual neck defeat for WHATEVA NEXT. Even so, this otherwise highly encouraging performance by George Bewley’s fiveyear- old confirmed the impression of his fourth over 2m5f here a fortnight previously that 3m-...