Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Stakes

Heritage Handicap,
Newmarket 15:35
£200,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus,
2m 2f, Class 2   
Saturday 8th October 2022

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1 Run For Oscar 4/1
2 Vino Victrix 9/1
3 Not So Sleepy 40/1
4 Zoffee 16/1
21 ran NR: Ranch Hand, Rock Eagle
Distances: 3¼l, 1l, 3l Time: 3m 52.87s (slow by 3.87s)

Ridden by David Egan for trainer Charles Byrnes, Run For Oscar was eased into the race and challenged with half a mile left to cover.

From there he worked his way through the field to find himself in a clear lead a furlong from home, eventually passing the post three lengths ahead of the runner up, Vino Victrix with the veteran Not So Sleepy third, both trained by Hughie Morrison.

The seven-year-old was racing off an 8lb higher mark than when an easy winner at Haydock last time out but he clearly had plenty more up his sleeve.

Byrnes said: “The plan was to arrive there at the two-furlong marker, so I suppose that’s why he (Egan) took a pull at the three!

“The race had been laid out for him. We decided not to go to the Curragh (for the Irish Cesarewitch) as we felt this track would suit him better. The plan came off on this occasion – they don’t always!

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“He had a very good preparation – everything went smoothly. The plan during the summer was to go to Galway for the big amateur race and he got balloted out. After that we said we needed to win somewhere to get in here, so we took him to Haydock and it worked out.

“He got a very smooth run through and when I saw his noose peeping through I said ‘it would be hard to see him beat him from here’, but you never know either.

“They (Top Of The Hill Syndicate) have been the most tremendous owners. They’ve always left it to me, never a crossed word and they deserve every bit of success they get.”

Considering future plans, Byrnes added: “He could go back over hurdles. He’d look to have a nice hurdles mark now, my son (Philip Byrnes) could take off 7lb and that race at Haydock (Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle, in November) jumps into my mind straight away.

“Whatever he does after today is a bonus for this year anyway.”

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Cesarewitch Stakes (Heritage Handicap)
£200,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 2m 2f, Class 2
21 ran
Going: Good

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (9)     Run For Oscar 7 8-11 C Byrnes David Egan 4/1
2 (2) 3¼ Vino Victrix 4 8-13 4ex Hughie Morrison Benoit De La Sayette 9/1
3 (5) 1 Not So Sleepy 10 9-5 Hughie Morrison Adam Kirby 40/1
4 (1) 3 Zoffee 6 9-0 Hugo Palmer Frankie Dettori 16/1
5 (17) ¾ Ahorsewithnoname 7 9-3 Nicky Henderson Ryan Moore 7/2F
6 (19) nk Going Gone 4 9-7 4ex Jim Boyle Pat Cosgrave 25/1
7 (13) ¾ Gibraltar 5 8-5 W P Mullins Saffie Osborne 10/1
8 (12) ½ Scaramanga 7 8-11 1 W P Mullins Jason Watson 7/1
9 (23) ½ Withhold 9 9-5 Harry & Roger Charlton David Probert 33/1
10 (22) ½ Baby Zeus 5 8-13 W P Mullins William Buick 11/1
11 (21) shd Call My Bluff 5 8-6 Dominic Ffrench Davis Hayley Turner 14/1
12 (6) hd Evaluation 4 8-11 Keith Dalgleish Graham Lee 14/1
13 (16) ½ Bascule 4 8-13 Richard Hughes George Rooke 40/1
14 (10) 2½ Inchicore 5 9-4 Alan King Richard Kingscote 22/1
15 (8) 2¾ HMS President 5 8-11 Eve Johnson Houghton Georgia Dobie 28/1
16 (4) nk Land Of Winter 6 8-9 Rae Guest Thore Hammer Hansen 66/1
17 (15) shd Mukha Magic 6 8-2 4ex Gay Kelleway Faye McManoman 80/1
18 (3) 6½ Author's Dream 9 8-8 William Knight Andrea Atzeni 50/1
19 (20) 9½ Moliwood 4 8-9 Dylan Cunha Connor Beasley 80/1
20 (14) 8 Prince Imperial 5 9-1 Richard Hughes Jim Crowley 20/1
21 (18) 27 Favorite Moon 5 9-7 William Durkan Shane B Kelly 40/1
NR 1 (11) Ranch Hand 6 9-12 Andrew Balding NON RUNNER
NR 7 (7) Rock Eagle 7 9-4 Ralph Beckett NON RUNNER

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