Jim Goldie is likely to
be double-handed, saddling both Nanton
and Gordonsville,
in the £50,000 Betfred Cesarewitch Trial (3.55pm) over a two and quarter miles
on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course on Saturday, September 22.
The pair are among 27
entries for the contest which gives the horses a rare opportunity to run over
the course and distance of the £160,000 Betfred Cesarewitch, which takes place
on Dubai Future Champions Day, Saturday, October 13.
Nanton has a good record on the Rowley Mile course, having been placed three times in the Betfred Cambridgeshire and finishing second in the Group Two Qatar Bloodstock Jockey Club Stakes. He also came home ninth in the Betfred Cesarewitch in 2009.
The 10-year-old was last
seen taking second in the Ladbrokes Mallard Handicap over a mile and six furlongs
at Doncaster on Friday (September 14) when he went down by a neck to Sir Graham
Wade.
Goldie, who trains near
Glasgow, said: "The plan is to run Nanton in the Betfred Cesarewitch Trial
on Saturday. He has come out of his race at Doncaster in good order and he
seems fine.
"It was a good run
at Doncaster and he has been running well this season. He is in the Cesarewitch
and the Cambridgeshire, but we don't think he will get in the latter, so we
want to go up in trip as opposed to down.
"He was third in a
Royal Hunt Cup, placed in three Cambridgeshires and has run well in a
Cesarewitch - he is just very versatile. I think a mile and three quarters
around Doncaster seems to bring the best out of him but when he gets his
conditions he is a very talented horse.
"He would need a
penalty to get in the Cambridgeshire, so if he won on Saturday it would be a
possibility, but I don't think it would be the ideal preparation for the
Cesarewitch two weeks later.
Gordonsville was
runner-up in a two-mile handicap at Thirsk on August 31 and had previously
looked unlucky when eighth in the Goodwood Handicap at Glorious Goodwood after
being hampered.
Goldie added:
"Gordonsville will also run in the Betfred Cesarewitch Trial and he has
been in good form this season. He was third in the race last year off a similar
mark and the track at Newmarket seems to suit him.
"This will probably
be his Cesarewitch as I don't think he will get in the Cesarewitch itself but
he should run well as he probably bumped into a good horse last time at Thirsk
and it was a messy race at Goodwood."
Other notable entries
include Saeed bin Suroor's Rumh,
who has been rejuvenated by the step up to staying trips, last year's winner Cosimo de Medici,
trained by Hughie Morrison and Andrew Balding's 2009 scorer Bernie The Bolt.
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