Wednesday 2nd September 2009
Simcock's totesport.com Cambridgeshire aim
John Gosden - trained the last two winners of the totesport.com Cambridgeshire
David Simcock has been planning an assault on the totesport.com Cambridgeshire for some time with Bushman and the Newmarket trainer is pleased with the five-year-old’s progress ahead of the historic nine-furlong heritage handicap at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile course on Saturday, October 3.
Bushman, 14/1 with totesport, is one of 134 entries for the 2009 renewal of the prestigious contest and has been allotted 9st 2lb. Weights for the £160,000 race are revealed today, Wednesday, September 2, 2009.
The gelding landed a conditions stakes over a mile at Newmarket on August 1, defeating Kay Gee Be (33/1 & 8st 6lb) by four lengths, with Group One Queen Anne Stakes runner-up Cesare back in third.
Simcock revealed today: “Bushman is in the totesport.com Cambridgeshire and the plan is to go there. It is a race we have had in mind for quite a while now. He will probably have one run beforehand and that might well be on Saturday in the Superior Mile at Haydock.
“He was unraced as a two and three-year-old so is quite lightly-raced for his age. He slightly lost his way the end of last year and the beginning of this season but I’m really happy with him now and he is training very well.”
The sponsor, totesport, makes Fanjura its 12/1 market leader. The Barry Hills-trained four-year-old has been allotted 9st 7lb after rattling off a hat-trick of wins.
Fanjura’s most recent success came in a 10-furlong heritage handicap at Sandown on August 22, when he proved to be a neck superior to the Walter Swinburn-trained three-year-old Antinori (14/1 with totesport), who has been given 8st 7lb. Greylami (40/1 & 8st 4lb), trained by Terry Mills was back in third.
Sirvino (14/1 & 9st 1lb) is unbeaten in five starts this season. The David Barron-trained four-year-old was last seen winning the lucrative John Smith’s Cup at York on July 11.
John Gosden has a fantastic record in the famous race, winning the last two renewals with Tazeez (2008) and Pipedreamer (2007) as well as Halling (1994). Among the Newmarket trainer’s five contenders are three in the ownership of Princess Haya of Jordan; Lincoln handicap winner Expresso Star (16/1 & 9st 9lb), the hat-trick seeking Invisible Man (16/1 & 8st 4lb) and Charm School (8st 5lb).
The Jeremy Noseda-trained Applause is another 14/1 chance with totesport. The three-year-old has won both her starts in 2009, latterly a mile handicap at Redcar in July, but it will be touch and go as to whether the filly makes the cut after being allotted 8st 2lb. The safety limit for the totesport.com Cambridgeshire is 35.
Noseda has also entered Royal Destination (20/1 & 8st 13lb), successful over the Ian Williams-trained Stevie Thunder (8st 13lb) in a York handicap in August, Captain Brilliance (25/1 & 9st 1lb) and Espiritu (25/1 & 8st 9lb).
Fareer (16/1 & 8st 10lb) was last seen winning the Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot in June and Ed Dunlop’s charge is a 16/1 shot with the sponsor. The trainer’s Broomielaw (25/1 & 8st 9lb) could line up for Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s wife, Lady Ferguson. The gelding returned from a two-year absence with a win at Newmarket on August 1.
