led, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace
stumbled start, headway to go prominent 6f out, ridden and chased winner over 1f out, driven and stayed on towards finish
tracked leader, led 2f out, soon ridden, hung right and driven out final furlong
held up, pushed along over 4f out, outpaced from over 3f out
held up, improved over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened well over 1f out
keen in touch, pushed along over 4f out, outpaced from over 3f out
The chances of Green Agenda are very strong here but with this his first attempt on this surface and given the likely odds-on price it might be worth taking a risk on JUST FIVE while Jonnie Skull is almost guaranteed to be in the mix. Green Agenda is certainly really nicely bred and is obviously in good heart as he goes hat-trick seeking here. However it could be that his mark is getting on the high side and despite some of his relations winning on softish ground there has to be a question mark over his ability on fibresand.The selection, Just Five, on the other hand was a course and distance winner two starts back and ran well last time out despite being raised 15lbs for that success. The assessor has now issued a seven pound reprieve and that brings the pick down to a winnable rating. Jonnie Skull seems to always run his race having finished second best on each of his last three starts, twice here. Off the same mark again and another with proven form on fibresand he should go well once more. Got Flash looks to have been given a fair rating on handicap debut and could be in the prize money but with a few doubts over a likely short price favourite we'll instead take our chances with Just Five.
Jonnie Skull (IRE) 11-2 (8-5) Raced keenly, led early, chased leader until 4f out, regained 2nd well over 1f out, readily outpaced by winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 6l behind Drussell (8-2) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn aut stk (6) pol.
Green Agenda Evensfav (9-1) Soon chased leader, challenged 2f out, led well over 1f out, ridden and held on final furlong, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Miss Mojito (9-3) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Just Five (IRE) 6-4fav (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, one pace final 2f, 4th of 11, 7l behind Statute Book (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp (6) fbs in Feb.
Got Flash (FR) 16-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, one pace from over 1f out, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 8, 5l behind Elisiario (9-12) at Southwell 7f mdn aut stk (5) fbs.
Miss Cracklinrosie 18-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, tracked leader after 3f, ridden and weakened quickly over 1f out, last of 12, 12l behind Kochanski (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Coniston Wood 22-1 (8-12) Led 4f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 10l behind Satwa Laird (9-3) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug.
