Bruised foot forces Agent to miss Dee date

FREE Agent has a bruised foot and will miss today’s Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes at Chester.

The Derby hope had been set to put his Classic credentials on the line in the Group Three contest over 10 and a half furlongs but when the blacksmith was putting his plates on yesterday morning it was discovered that he had a bruised foot and was withdrawn from today’s race.

Free Agent's absence reduces the field to seven, including one challenger from Ireland, Drumbeat.