Short holiday

This column is now taking a short holiday and hopes to be back on Thursday October 16th.

One race to look forward to is Saturday´s Cesarewitch at 16.50 CET at Newmarket. This 2 1/4 mile handicap is always one of the fiercest betting races of the year and is often won by a horse with a hurdling background. The ante-post favourite Quick Jack (Tony Martin/ Richard Hughes) comes into that category, but our fancy is German-bred Big Easy (Philip Hobbs/ Tom Queally), who is out of a Monsun mare and was only beaten a neck in the trial race over this CD. He runs off the same rating tomorrow, while the Irish raider has been raised 9 lbs for winning at Galway at the end of July, his only flat race this year.