No accident if Agent strikes

Houghton can see charge get back on track

ACCIDENTAL AGENT can get his campaign back on track as he drops to Group Three level for the Tattersalls Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury.

Eve Johnson Houghton’s charge has not got his head in front since his famous victory in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot last summer, and some may feel he surely has plenty to prove now.

His campaign after his Ascot win last term was a bit disappointing, but tardy starts in both runs would not have helped, and he looked much more his old self when finishing third in the Lockinge on his seasonal return.

He blotted his copybook when refusing to race in defence of his Queen Anne crown.

Accidental Agent then finished last in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, although nothing really panned out the way he would have liked that day and he was beaten only five and a half lengths at the line.

Switched down in company today and back on a mile course without a bend, Accidental Agent has plenty of appeal.

SEA OF FAITH currently holds an Arc entry and, while that may be a bit fanciful, the British EBF Premier Fillies’ Handicap certainly looks well within her compass.

A full sister to black-type performers Raheen House and Shraaoh, she certainly has the pedigree to make her mark at a decent level, but she let down her supporters when edged into third at Newbury on her most recent outing over an extended 13 furlongs.

She had shaped with much more promise when winning over a mile and a half at Beverley previously, so returning to that distance here should be in her favour.

PLATFORM NINETEEN appears to have found his niche and can bring up his hat-trick in Beverley’s Weatherbys TBA Handicap. SELECTIONS

BEVERLEY: 2.00 Dancing Leopard, 2.30 Lord Of The Alps, 3.00 Siyahamba, 3.30 Suwaan, 4.00 Platform Nineteen, 4.30 Oblate, 5.05 Luna Magic, 5.40 Straight Ash.

YARMOUTH: 4.45 Simba Samba, 5.20 Boss Power, 5.55 No Thanks, 6.25 Beguiling Charm, 6.55 Break Of Day, 7.30 Master Poet, 8.00 Local History.

SALISBURY: 1.50 Moorland Spirit, 2.20 Alrajaa, 2.50 Flying Sakhee, 3.20 Chetan, 3.50 ACCIDENTAL AGENT (NAP), 4.20 Bruyere, 4.55 Sea Of Faith, 5.30 Land Of Oz.

DOUBLE: Accidental Agent and Sea Of Faith.