The Cesarewitch Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Newmarket over a distance of 2 miles and 2 furlongs (3,621 metres), and finishes on the Rowley Mile. It is scheduled to take place each year in October.

History

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, the title of the heir to the throne in Imperial Russia. The race was named in honour of Tsesarevich Alexander (later Tsar Alexander II), after he donated £300 to the

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. The event was established in 1839, and the inaugural running was won by Cruiskeen. It was founded in the same year as another major handicap at Newmarket, the

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. The two races came to be known as the Autumn Double. The Cesarewitch initially took place before the Cambridgeshire, but the schedule was later reversed and it is now held two weeks after the other race. Three horses completed the double in the 19th century — Rosebery (1876), Foxhall (1881) and Plaisanterie (1885) — but the feat has been rarely attempted since then. The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October and became part of a new fixture called Future Champions Day in 2011. In 2014 the Cesarewitch was separated from Future Champions Day, which was moved back a week in the calendar, and in 2015 it returned to the Saturday of the new Future Champions Festival.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): * Aaim To Prosper - ''2010, 2012'' Leading

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(6 wins): * Doug Smith – ''Canatrice (1939), French Design (1954), Sandiacre (1957), Come to Daddy (1959), Alcove (1960), Persian Lancer (1966)'' Leading trainer (4 wins): * William Day – ''Haco (1853), Dulcibella (1860), Thalestris (1864), Foxhall (1881)'' * Mathew Dawson – ''Lioness (1863), Julius (1867), Salvanos (1872), Stone Clink (1886)''

Winners since 1968

* ''Weights given in stones and pounds.''

Earlier winners

* 1839: Cruiskeen * 1840: Clarion * 1841: Iliona * 1842: Arcanus * 1843: Corranna * 1844: Faugh-a-Ballagh * 1845: The Baron * 1846: Wit's End * 1847: Caurouch * 1848: The Cur, owned by William Stuart Stirling-Crawfurd * 1849: Legerdemain * 1850: Glauca * 1851: Mrs Taft * 1852: Weathergage * 1853: Haco * 1854: Muscovite * 1855: Mr Sykes * 1856: Vengeance * 1857: Prioress * 1858: Rocket * 1859: Artless * 1860: Dulcibella * 1861: Audrey * 1862: Hartington * 1863: Lioness * 1864: Thalestris * 1865: Salpinctes * 1866: Lecturer * 1867: Julius * 1868: Cecil * 1869: Cherie * 1870: Cardinal York * 1871: Corisande * 1872: Salvanos * 1873: King Lud * 1874: Aventuriere * 1875: Duke of Parma * 1876: Rosebery * 1877: Hilarious * 1878: Jester * 1879: Chippendale * 1880: Robert the Devil * 1881: Foxhall * 1882: Corrie Roy * 1883: Don Juan * 1884: St Gatien * 1885: Plaisanterie * 1886: Stone Clink * 1887: Humewood * 1888: Tenebreuse * 1889: Primrose Day * 1890: Sheen * 1891: Ragimunde * 1892: Burnaby * 1893: Cypria / Red Eyes * 1894: Childwick * 1895: Rockdove * 1896: St Bris * 1897:

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* 1898: Chaleureux * 1899: Scintillant * 1900: Clarehaven * 1901: Balsarroch * 1902: Black Sand * 1903: Grey Tick * 1904: Wargrave * 1905: Hammerkop * 1906: Mintagon * 1907: Demure * 1908: Yentoi * 1909: Submit * 1910: Verney * 1911: Willonyx * 1912: Warlingham * 1913: Fiz Yama * 1914: Troubadour * 1915: Son-in-Law * 1916: Sanctum * 1917: Furore * 1918: Air Raid * 1919: Ivanhoe * 1920: Bracket * 1921: Yutoi * 1922: Light Dragoon * 1923: Rose Prince * 1924: Charley's Mount * 1925: Forseti * 1926: Myra Gray * 1927: Eagle's Pride * 1928: Arctic Star * 1929: West Wicklow * 1930: Ut Majeur * 1931: Noble Star * 1932: Nitsichin * 1933: Seminole * 1934: Enfield * 1935: Near Relation * 1936: Fet * 1937: Punch * 1938: Contrevent * 1939: Cantatrice * 1940: Hunter's Moon * 1941: Filator * 1942: ''no race'' * 1943: Germanicus * 1944: ''no race'' * 1945: Kerry Piper * 1946: Monsieur l'Amiral * 1947: Whiteway * 1948: Woodburn * 1949: Strathspey * 1950: Above Board * 1951: Three Cheers * 1952: Flush Royal * 1953: Chantry * 1954: French Design * 1955: Curry * 1956: Prelone * 1957: Sandiacre * 1958: Morecambe * 1959: Come to Daddy * 1960: Alcove * 1961: Avon's Pride * 1962: Golden Fire * 1963: Utrillo * 1964: Grey of Falloden * 1965: Mintmaster * 1966: Persian Lancer * 1967: Boismoss

Notes

References

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External links

* Race Recordings (1976-2011
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