Up The Cats,
My mate thinks he should win and has the ability too win, HOWEVER the person who rides him everyday has told my mate, that he's an absolute monkey.
So Verdant is a tricky customer, should win (has the ability too) but I wouldnt be staking large amounts at prohibitive odds. So its hard to give a definitive answer really.
In other news Confront has been working very well at home and at 10/3 bp.... I've had a decent-ish bet e/w