View from connnections ahead of Saturday's feature meeting at Newmarket

1425 Masar Godolphin Autumn Stakes

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Andre Fabre - Persian King: "We'd always been looking towards this race rather than the Lagardere. It looks a good race, I expect to find out where we are with him after this. Anodor beat him on his debut and he ran well in the Lagardere, while mine was impressive last time out so we'll know where we are going after this race. I wouldn't like soft ground for him, so I hope there is not much rain. I will get excited about him if he wins this, but at the moment I'm just hopeful. Kingman has made a very good start to life as a stallion and this is all about giving him experience of Newmarket - two-year-olds learn so much there."

Aidan O'Brien - Magna Grecia, Circus Maximus and Western Australia: "Magna Grecia won nicely at Naas, where he was green, and he's in good form. He has come forward from Naas, but will come forward more. He's the same. He was very green Gowran and has come forward from there, but we think he will come forward even more again."

Karl Burke - Kadar: "He's a lovely horse, but he wouldn't want the ground to be rattling quick. We pulled him out at Newmarket a couple of weeks ago (Royal Lodge) because of the ground and we'll keep an eye on it, but he's a very exciting horse for the future. He might be by Scat Daddy, but he's out of a Sinndar mare and has a little bit of a knee action and he's a big, powerful galloper."

Man On The Spot verdict:

Kadar beat Waldstern, due to run in the previous race, when making a winning start at Haydock and is certainly worth a try at this level. Magna Grecia is another likely to prove at home in Pattern company having won a maiden race at Naas in good style and he’s preferred to Ballydoyle stablemates Circus Maximus and Western Australia with Donnacha O’Brien on board but PERSIAN KING gets the nod. Andre Fabre’s Kingman colt beat a previous winner by an impressive five lengths in a conditions race over a mile at Chantilly last month and a bold bid is expected. Massam has shown progressive form in handicaps and may well turn out best of the rest.

1500 Darley Dewhurst Stakes

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John Gosden - Too Darn Hot: "He has gone from winning a maiden to winning a Group Three and Group Two last time out. He's a quick learner and is more precocious than the rest of the family, but it is a big jump.

"I am not surprised that he came to hand quickly, because he is a very active, joyful horse, who has always been on the front foot and he just presented himself. He's a happy, cheerful horse, which is helpful as they let you know when they are bouncing. He's a lot like So Mi Dar and he's got a great turn of foot, but I'm not convinced that he will stay more than a mile and a quarter next year."

Martyn Meade - Advertise: "It was always the plan to wait for the Dewhurst after the Phoenix, I just thought the little break would do him good. He'd had four runs anyway, he couldn't have had a better preparation as far as I'm concerned. It's all gone according to plan - apart from the entries of the other good horses, that's the annoying bit!

"I don't know if he's going there as the forgotten horse, he certainly hasn't been forgotten in my book. It's quite extraordinary that he barely gets talked about, because he won the Newmarket race (July Stakes) pretty easily and if he'd been drawn on the same side as Calyx and known he had to race against him he may have beaten him, too. I think he's a bit undervalued at the moment, personally, but there we go."

Aidan O'Brien Anthony Van Dyck, Mohawk and Christmas: "Anthony Van Dyk has been in good form since the Curragh. We've been happy with him since then. We think he is getting better and progressing with every run. We think he has come forward nicely from the Curragh. Mohawk is in good form. He's back to seven again, but he came out of the last run well and he likes a nice bit of ground. Christmas a solid horse and he's been in good form since the last day, too."

Lord Grimthorpe - Sangarius: "He's picked a bad year to be a good two-year-old! Everything he has done has been progressive. He's a nice, scopey horse, with a very good temperament. He looks quite like Kingman from that point of view. Sir Michael is pleased with him. He exudes a very pleasant attitude when he is talking about him. We've always thought he had good potential. He's probably progressed quicker than we originally expected, so Sir Michael is happy enough for him to take his chance in the Dewhurst."

Richard Hannon - Kuwait Currency: "He has done very well since he won the Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury. The drop back to seven furlongs shouldn't bother him and if they get a bit of rain that might help, though fast ground on that nice straight course ought to be fine for him anyway. The opposition looks pretty good - it's a very hot race. This edition of the Dewhurst will probably be the best two-year-old race run anywhere this year. Kuwait Currency is a Listed winner who, apart from his debut, has been very impressive, so he's worthy of a place in the field all right. Having said that, if he finishes placed we will be delighted.

Man On The Spot verdict:

Aidan O’Brien bids for a fourth consecutive victory with Anthony Van Dyck looking to have the best chance of his trio. The latter finished in front of both Christmas and subsequent Royal Lodge winner Mohawk when runner-up in the Group 1 National Stakes at the Curragh and had earlier beaten the latter pair when winning a Group 2, also at the Curragh. He’ll provide a stern test for the likely favourite TOO DARN HOT, who followed his success in the Solario at Sandown with victory in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster last month when beating a previous Group 3 winner. John Gosden’s charge is taken to keep his unbeaten record intact, however, and should have too much for another unbeaten colt in Sangarius. The latter won a Listed race in fine style at Doncaster and is preferred to Kuwait Currency but Group 1 Phoenix Stakes winner Advertise looks a bigger threat if proving as effective over this extra furlong.

1540 Dubai £500,000 Cesarewitch

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Willie Mullins - Stratum, Limini, Law Girl, Uradel, Low Sun, Whiskey Sour, Meri Devie: "Stratum was very unlucky in the Ebor. From a poor draw he got no luck in running and it just didn't work out for him on the day. He was very impressive in Newbury the time before that and he's working as well as he's ever worked at the moment. Granted normal luck in running we'd be expecting him to bring home some sterling."

"It was great to see Limini pick up a big handicap after hitting the crossbar twice in Galway, but to be honest, I was slightly disappointed that she could only beat Law Girl by a small margin. That performance would suggest that she doesn't have much in hand over the handicapper, but it could be the extra couple of furlongs brings about a bit more improvement. Law Girl ran well behind Limini, she has a nice racing weight with less than 9st on her back she has an each-way chance."

"Uradel is intriguing. He got a fantastic ride from Aubrey (McMahon) to win in Galway and a mile and a half on quick ground at Bellewstown was much too sharp for him last time. Stepping back up in trip will help him and he's probably the most unexposed of all of ours. Low Sun ran in the same race as Uradel at Bellewstown and again the trip and track on fast ground was too sharp. He's really improved over hurdles and he's a laid-back horse, which will suit him in a race like this.

"Whiskey Sour has been running well in similar races but probably isn't that well handicapped, while Meri Devie has been hugely disappointing on the Flat and we don't really know why. Her work at home is far superior to what she's been showing on the track and her hurdles form is far superior to her Flat form. We're going there hopeful and it wouldn't surprise me if she ran well."

Aidan O'Brien - Southern France: "He's in good form. It's competitive handicap for a three-year-old, but we're going to leave him off after this with the view to having him next year. Obviously the trip is what we're not sure about, but we think he's in good form and we think he is running off a nice mark."

Ian Williams - Stars Over The Sea, Speedo Boy and Blue Rambler: "Stars Over The Sea is an out-and-out galloper and it will take a good horse to take him on in the early stages - if something wants to go faster, good luck to them! We will have to see if he can successfully employ the same front-running tactics in this much bigger field. I'm not entirely sure that this step up in distance will be ideal for Speedo Boy, but for the prize-money on offer it's worth taking the chance. I am very happy with the way Blue Rambler comes into this race - he finished sixth in it two years ago and is now 9lb lower in the handicap, so that gives him a squeak."

Neil Mulholland - Vis A Vis: "It's nice that he is acknowledged in the betting because it shows that he has a good chance. We're just concentrating on getting the horse there in one piece. He deserves to be there as much as any other horse. His form stands up well - horses that he's beaten have come out and won since - and we're hoping the extra two furlongs will bring out further improvement.

"I don't think you can go into a race like the Cesarewitch being cocky. Every horse that runs in it has to be respected, but I'd like to think we've got as good a chance as anybody else."

Man On The Spot verdict:

A disappointing-but-unlucky favourite in the Ebor at York, Stratum had won over 2m at Newbury before that and may prove best of Willie Mullins’ seven runners ahead of Limini. It’s been some time since a three-year-old won this but SOUTHERN FRANCE has the class form in the race having placed behind Kew Gardens in both the Queen’s Vase at Ascot and last month’s St Leger. He won a Listed contest at Navan when last partnered by Donnacha O’Brien and should make a bold bid. Precious Ramotswe is a Group 3 winner over 1m6f while Silvestre De Sousa has ridden three of the last five winners and has picked up another mount with decent claims in the progressive Vis A Vis. The latter has won both starts for current connections since leaving France and beat subsequent dual winner Just In Time at Kempton while Ian Williams rates the chances of his duo with Stars Over The Sea, who won the trial race for this by 10 lengths from Golden Spear, preferred to Speedo Boy. Cleonte had narrowly beaten Stars Over The Sea in the Shergar Cup Stayers contest at Ascot earlier while Here And Now and Uber Cool could also go well.