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.

Fri, 08 May, 2009 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

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when the blacksmith was putting his plates on yesterday morning it was discovered that he had a bruised foot and was withdrawn from today’s race.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.

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