Celebrating The Commonwealth Paradise Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 16:28 | Winning time: 1m 45.25s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Accidental Agent

6/4, 13/8, 7/4, 15/8

2/1

Century Dream

10/3, 3/1, 11/4, 3/1, 11/4

5/2

Victory Bond

11/4

5/2

Ballard Down

14/1, 12/1, 11/1, 10/1, 9/1, 10/1, 9/1

10/1

Circus Couture

14/1, 16/1

14/1

Crazy Horse

20/1, 18/1, 16/1, 20/1, 22/1

25/1

Star Quality

50/1

SP Book Percentage 112.04

Non-Runners

(1)

Hors De Combat⁷⁶

Weight: 9-0| Age: 7

T: D J Coakley J: Andrea Atzeni

Forecasts

Accidental Agent (2/1), Century Dream (5/2), Victory Bond (5/2), Hors De Combat (6/1), Ballard Down (10/1), Circus Couture (14/1), Crazy Horse (25/1), Star Quality (50/1)

Not the easiest of contests to solve with the progressive Easter Classic winner Victory Bond switched back to turf from the AW, but with the straight mile at Ascot (particularly on soft ground) presenting a very different test to the sharp turning circuit at Lingfield Park. Century Dream will handle the conditions, but even allowing for the grade (Group 2), he was rather disappointing on his seasonal return at Longchamp, so we'll stick with the Ascot proven ACCIDENTAL AGENT. He needs to prove he's capable of making the step up from handicaps, but he's progressive enough overall and might just have found a relatively winnable Listed contest in which to return to action.