15:15 Newmarket

Saturday 18 September 2021

All13:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:25

Close Brothers Cesarewitch Trial Handicap

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 3m 49.42s

(2)

Live Your Dream^p1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: P Cosgrave| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 101| BF

9/2

Bagged his third win of 2021 over 14f here in July and posted another good effort off 7 lb higher when fourth of 7 to Indigo Times here 21 days ago. Cheekpieces go on now and not ruled out up in trip.

Form: 1/12114

(8)

Themaxwecan^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: B A Curtis| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 99

8/1

Back to winning ways in 2m handicap at Goodwood 11 days ago by ¾l from Indigo Times. Runner-up in this contest 12 months ago and he can give another good account here.

Form: 000871

(10)

Hochfeld⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Dane O'Neill| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 98

8/1

Scored at Nottingham in the spring and largely in good form in a busy campaign since, second of 8 in 14f handicap at Chester 7 days ago. Not taken lightly now back up in trip.

Form: 904572

(3)

Mancini^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: David Egan| T: Ian Williams| OR: 89| BF

14/1

Useful stayer who went down only to an improving 3-y-o in 2m Chester handicap last time. Ought to be very competitive again despite 2 lb rise.

Form: 009692

(1)

Indigo Times¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Hayley Turner| T: D M Simcock| OR: 85

13/2

Upwardly-mobile handicapper who won for sixth time at Kempton (2m) in June. Showed he's as good on turf when scoring over 1¾m here and excellent runner-up at Goodwood on his last two runs. Player.

Form: 616812

(4)

Cleonte^v⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A M Balding| OR: 85

22/1

Ended losing run in 2m Kempton handicap in March but he arrives below par, beating only one at Ascot last time. Visor goes back on now with something to prove.

Form: 470009

(5)

Great Bear⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-4| J: A J Farragher⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 81

17/2

Irish stayer who scored at Killarney (16.8f) in July. Well held at Leopardstown (12.8f) 7 days ago, so needs to get back on track over this longer trip.

Form: 60-1030

(9)

Turnpike Trip¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 8-2| J: J F Egan| T: C Byrnes| OR: 79

15/8

It's now eleven runs since his last win in 2017 but he recorded good second in handicap at Down Royal (17.8f) 15 days ago. Irish challenger is no forlorn hope.

Form: 80754-2

(6)

Ernesto^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-2| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 79

50/1

Scored over hurdles in June but he has failed to beat a rival in 2m handicaps at York and Goodwood since. Others are much preferred.

Form: 0985-85

Non-Runners

(7)

Yagood²⁷

Weight: 8-0| Age: 5

T: J Parr J: J Quinn

Forecasts

Turnpike Trip (15/8), Live Your Dream (9/2), Indigo Times (13/2), Themaxwecan (8/1), Hochfeld (8/1), Great Bear (17/2), Mancini (14/1), Yagood (20/1), Cleonte (22/1), Ernesto (50/1)

A few with chances, but INDIGO TIMES's form is on an upward curve so he gets the nod on the back of his excellent Goodwood second. Live Your Dream lost nothing in defeat off a career-high mark when fourth to the selection here and is rated next best, although Mancini and Themaxwecan are two more in-form stayers who can make their presence felt in this Cesarewitch trial.