'She is the value play' - why this horse can win the 2023 Cesarewitch on Saturday plus 1-2-3 predictions

The Club Godolphin Cesarewitch (2.40) is the big betting race of the weekend, but who will win the famous marathon handicap at Newmarket? Our top tipsters have had their say . . .

Vino Victrix

Forecast odds: 9-1

By James Hill

Hughie Morrison has a good record in this race and I like the way he's campaigned Vino Victrix this season. Last year's second ran a nice prep when fourth at Goodwood last time out and he is 2lb lower than 12 months ago.

He will have to turn around form with the three-year-old Grand Providence from that outing on the Sussex Downs. He's progressive, while the most interesting entry among the jumpers surely has to be Goshen – no, I'm not joking!

Vino Victrix14:40 Newmarket

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Jky: Tnr: Hughie Morrison

The Shunter

Forecast odds: 10-1

By Stuart Redding

The second leg of the autumn double has been dominated by jumps trainers recently and I expect that to continue. Emmet Mullins' The Shunter gets my vote. He is a smart jumper and has shown promise on the rare occasions he has raced on the Flat, most recently over an insufficient 1m4f at Gowran Park in August.

The enigmatic Goshen has the ability to figure off a mark of 88 if fully tuned up after a lengthy break. Pied Piper is another to consider but he has been well found in the market.

The Shunter14:40 Newmarket

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Jky: James Doyle Tnr: Emmet Mullins

Aztec Empire

Forecast odds: 20-1

By Sam Hardy

Having twice been runner-up this summer, Aztec Empire can finally get his head in front if resuming the progress he was making before his last run when pulled up at Haydock. Sent off favourite that day, he runs off the same mark of 93 here and should be involved at the business end of the race.

Tritonic could prove the biggest threat to the selection running off a mark of 100. He finished third at Royal Ascot on the same mark in the summer and should give another solid account.

Aztec Empire14:40 Newmarket

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Jky: Tnr: Andrew Balding

Sheishybrid

Forecast odds: 20-1

By Harry Wilson

Jumps trainers have dominated this contest in recent seasons and the well-touted Pied Piper, who has winning form on the Rowley Mile and is rated 157 over hurdles, is sure to go well.

However, he couldn't win last year's Ascot Stakes, albeit he was a bit unlucky, off this mark and could prove vulnerable to Sheishybrid. She hit the front far too soon in the trial but battled on gamely, seeing out the trip well. If waited with for longer, she looks good value at her big odds.

Sheishybrid14:40 Newmarket

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Jky: Danny Sheehy (3lb)Tnr: Noel Meade

Lot Of Joy

Forecast odds: 25-1

By Joe Eccles

Lot Of Joy has won only once since joining Willie Mullins, that victory coming at odds of 1-7 in a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse, but she has shaped better than the bare result on more than one occasion this season and looks the value play in this year’s Cesarewitch.

Champion jockey William Buick has been booked for the ride on this daughter of Camelot, who showed a liking for big-field staying handicaps when third in last year’s Irish Cesarewitch. High-class hurdler Pied Piper looks the main danger off of a potentially lenient mark, while the admirably consistent Grand Providence should make the frame.

Lot Of Joy14:40 Newmarket

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Jky: William Buick Tnr: W P Mullins

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2023 Cesarewitch: 1-2-3 predictions

James Hill

1 Vino Victrix
2 Grand Providence
3 Goshen 

Stuart Redding

1 The Shunter
2 Goshen
3 Pied Piper

Harry Wilson

1 Sheishybrid
2 Pied Piper
3 Ocean Wind

Sam Hardy

1 Aztec Empire
2 Tritonic
3 Pied Piper

Joe Eccles

1 Lot Of Joy
2 Pied Piper
3 Grand Providence

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