The lure of Champions Day at Newmarket with two Group 1’s, three Group 2’s, one Group 3 and the Cesarewitch Handicap means we will be neglecting our seats at Ipswich Town Football Club. The feature race of the afternoon, the Champion Stakes, looks as though it should go the way of New Approach (pictured winning the Derby).
As usual the Cesarewitch will be the big betting race of the afternoon. The draw does seem to make a difference in this race with its large fields and the statistics show that the winner has been coming from those drawn 18 and above in the last few years. The winner could well be trained by a National Hunt trainer again this year. The two I like the look of are Arc Bleu from the canny Tony Martin yard and Mamlook from the David Pipe yard. Of course cases can be made out for quite a few of the runners and it promises to be an exciting race. For all the runners and riders with the jockeys colours click on the sporting life.