{"id":446007,"date":"2025-09-23T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446007\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:19:13","slug":"cesarewitch-favourite-who-is-12lb-well-in-for-newmarket-to-bypass-race-in-favour-of-2-million-overseas-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/446007\/","title":{"rendered":"Cesarewitch favourite who is 12lb well in for Newmarket to bypass race in favour of \u00a32 million overseas target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__01__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"pendragon\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/profile\/horse\/6238164\/pendragon\/form\" rel=\"noopener\">Pendragon<\/a>, as short as 4-1 favourite for the <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__03__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"cesarewitch\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/racecards\/38\/newmarket\/2025-10-11\/900756\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cesarewitch<\/a>, is an unlikely runner in Newmarket&#8217;s prestigious handicap on October 11, with connections instead eyeing an international campaign in the new year.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">Trained by Sir Mark Prescott, Pendragon has gone on a meteoric rise through the ratings this season, climbing from a BHA handicap mark of 69 to 109 in five runs.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__2__GlideArticleBody\">His latest second in the Doncaster Cup earned him a 12lb hike but he would be eligible to run off his previous handicap mark of 97 if he lined up for the Godolphin-backed Cesarewitch. However, the likelihood of soft ground at Newmarket means he is more likely to be saved for a trip to the Middle East in February.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb0b4133-2 cgVXXE\">Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to unlock<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sc-eb0b4133-5 hJkQDn\">\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over \u00a3100 per month)<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/subscriptions\/\" data-testid=\"Link__Subscribe\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-7 yLNHi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__Login\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-8 gRoJBC\">Already a subscriber?<a data-testid=\"Link__Login\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/api\/auth\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__PublishedDate\" data-article-publish-date-string=\"Published on 23 September 2025\" data-article-publish-date=\"23 September 2025\" class=\"sc-baabe586-8 isYWMR\">Published on 23 September 2025in<a data-testid=\"Link__PrimaryTaxonomy\" data-article-primary-taxonomy=\"Britain\" class=\"sc-baabe586-10 fCsTLE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/news\/britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britain<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__UpdatedDate\" data-article-update-date-string=\"Last updated 14:40, 23 September 2025\" data-article-update-date=\"14:40, 23 September 2025\" class=\"sc-baabe586-8 isYWMR\">Last updated 14:40, 23 September 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pendragon, as short as 4-1 favourite for the Cesarewitch, is an unlikely runner in Newmarket&#8217;s prestigious handicap on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-446007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115254052353452288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}