2008 Cesarewitch

Caracciola (GER) won the 2008 Cesarewitch at Newmarket on 18 October 2008, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Eddie Ahern, at 50/1, beating Arc Bleu (GER) by 3 lengths.

Updated 2008-10-18

Quick answers

Who won the Cesarewitch in 2008? Caracciola (GER) won the 2008 Cesarewitch at Newmarket on 18 October 2008, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Eddie Ahern, at 50/1, beating Arc Bleu (GER) by 3 lengths.
Who came second in the 2008 Cesarewitch? Arc Bleu (GER) (15/2) finished second, and Mamlook (IRE) (10/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2008 Cesarewitch? No. The 7/2 favourite Askar Tau (FR) finished 4th of 32.
What was the winning time of the 2008 Cesarewitch? Caracciola (GER) won in 3m 48.30s over 2m2f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2008 Cesarewitch winner get? Caracciola (GER) earned £99,696 for winning the 2008 Cesarewitch.
How many ran in the 2008 Cesarewitch? 32 ran in the 2008 Cesarewitch (average since 1990: 30.4).

Caracciola (GER)Winner

50/1SP

32 ranRunners

3m 48.30sWinning time

£99,696Prize to winner

Askar Tau (FR) (7/2F): 4th of 32Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Dr	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 3	Caracciola (GER)	50/1	11	9-6	Eddie Ahern	-	Nicky Henderson	98	25	-	P J D Pottinger	-	3m 48.30s	£99,696
2	3	Arc Bleu (GER)	15/2	7	8-13	Johnny Murtagh	-	A. J. Martin	91	4	-	P J McGee	3	-	£29,856
3	nk	Mamlook (IRE)	10/1	4	8-7	Ryan Moore	-	David Pipe	85	8	-	P A Deal G Lowe	3¼	-	£14,928
4	5	Askar Tau (FR)	7/2F	3	8-7	Martin Dwyer	-	Marcus Tregoning	96	22	-	Nurlan Bizakov	8¼	-	£7,472
5	2	Leg Spinner (IRE)	28/1	7	9-7	Robbie Colgan	3	A. J. Martin	102	21	-	W A Moffett	10¼	-	£3,728
6	nk	Tilt (GB)	66/1	6	8-11	Dane O'Neill	-	Brian Ellison	89	28	p	The Seasiders	10½	-	£1,872
7	nk	Liberate (GB)	15/2	5	8-9	Jamie Spencer	-	Philip Hobbs	87	12	p	Mrs Diana L Whateley	11	-	-
8	¾	Hue (GB)	66/1	7	7-5	Jamie Kyne	7	Brian Ellison	76	30	-	Mike Ashton	11¾	-	-
9	shd	Inchpast (GB)	100/1	7	7-12	Nicky Mackay	-	Mark H Tompkins	76	24	b	Marcoe Racing Welwyn	11¾	-	-
10	¾	Four Miracles (GB)	66/1	4	8-0	Ashley Morgan	7	Mark H Tompkins	85	32	-	Pat Swayne And Partners	12½	-	-
11	1¼	Hernando Royal (GB)	100/1	5	8-1	Andrea Atzeni	7	Dr Richard Newland	86	35	-	Paul Murphy	13¾	-	-
12	nk	Missoula (IRE)	25/1	5	8-10	Sam Hitchcott	-	Suzy Smith	88	27	-	M J Weaver Pollards Bloodstock	14	-	-
13	½	Always Bold (IRE)	66/1	3	8-1	Royston Ffrench	-	Mark Johnston	90	33	-	Always Trying Partnership V	14½	-	-
14	1	Hits Only Vic (USA)	16/1	4	8-11	David Allan	-	Declan Carroll	89	29	-	Kell Stone Watson	15½	-	-
15	1	Talenti (IRE)	50/1	5	9-2	Alan Munro	-	Emma Lavelle	94	18	-	Fraser Miller Racing	16½	-	-
16	2	Top The Charts (GB)	14/1	6	8-3	John Egan	-	A. J. Martin	81	6	t	Seamus Gerard Carroll	18½	-	-
17	5	Daraahem (IRE)	10/1	3	8-10	Richard Hills	-	B W Hills	99	16	-	Hamdan Al Maktoum	23½	-	-
18	1	Souffleur (GB)	25/1	5	8-4	Hayley Turner	-	Peter Bowen	82	19	-	Mrs Karen Bowen W Bryan Mr Mrs J Timmons	24½	-	-
19	4	Bollin Felix (GB)	20/1	4	8-9	Ted Durcan	-	Tim Easterby	87	31	b	Sir Neil Westbrook	28½	-	-
20	nk	Wicked Daze (IRE)	25/1	5	9-4	J-P Guillambert	-	Sir Mark Prescott Bt	96	10	-	Roger T Ferris	28¾	-	-
21	¾	Swan Queen (GB)	80/1	5	8-9	Jimmy Quinn	-	John Dunlop	87	2	-	Sir Thomas Pilkington	29½	-	-
22	1	Kasthari (IRE)	100/1	9	8-5	Chris Catlin	-	James Bethell	83	23	-	Elliott Brothers	dist	-	-
23	¾	Whenever (GB)	33/1	4	8-4	Dale Gibson	-	Richard Phillips	82	14	b	Mr Mrs W J Williams	dist	-	-
24	¾	Downing Street I (IRE)	100/1	7	7-13	Franny Norton	-	Jennie Candlish	77	17	v	Alan Baxter	dist	-	-
25	6	Land 'n Stars (GB)	66/1	8	9-4	Robert Havlin	-	Jamie Poulton	96	7	-	Paul Blows	dist	-	-
26	9	Pippa Greene (GB)	40/1	4	9-4	Neil Callan	-	Paul Cole	96	20	-	R A H Evans	dist	-	-
27	3¼	Bogside Theatre (IRE)	25/1	4	9-1	PJ McDonald	-	George Moore	93	5	-	B Lappin	dist	-	-
28	3½	Mighty Moon (GB)	16/1	5	7-12	Paul Hanagan	-	Richard Fahey	76	3	-	Enda Hunston	dist	-	-
29	2¼	Bulwark (IRE)	33/1	6	9-9	Jim Crowley	-	Ian Williams	101	15	v	Dr Marwan Koukash	dist	-	-
30	2½	Baddam (GB)	50/1	6	9-1	Richard Hughes	-	Ian Williams	93	34	-	N Martin	dist	-	-
31	17	Mudawin (IRE)	66/1	7	8-3	David Probert	5	Milton Harris	86	9	-	John Macgregor	dist	-	-
32	dist	Gee Dee Nen (GB)	14/1	5	9-1	Frankie Dettori	-	Jim Best	93	13	-	Chris Duggan Brendan Gilligan	dist	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Caracciola (GER)	2008-12-12	Cheltenham	Pertemps Handicap Hurdle	9th of 16	10/1
2	Arc Bleu (GER)	2008-11-01	Down Royal	William Ewart Properties Handicap Hurdle	3rd of 11	9/10F
3	Mamlook (IRE)	2008-11-16	Cheltenham	Greatwood Handicap Hurdle Grade 3	11th of 12	14/1
4	Askar Tau (FR)	2009-07-30	Goodwood	Coutts Goodwood Cup	8th of 10	13/2
5	Leg Spinner (IRE)	2008-11-16	Cheltenham	Cotswold Style Intermediate Handicap Hurdle	Pulled up	12/1
6	Tilt (GB)	2008-11-21	Wolverhampton (AW)	wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap	2nd of 11	12/1
7	Liberate (GB)	2008-11-01	Wetherby	John Smith's Hurdle Grade 2	4th of 8	100/30
8	Hue (GB)	2008-11-01	Wetherby	John Smith's Hurdle Grade 2	7th of 8	33/1
9	Inchpast (GB)	2008-11-10	Southwell (AW)	Racing Post Weekender Handicap	2nd of 7	4/1
10	Four Miracles (GB)	2009-04-25	Ripon	totetentofollow.co.uk Handicap	6th of 9	9/1
11	Hernando Royal (GB)	2008-10-25	Aintree	Warren's Of Warwick Maiden Hurdle	2nd of 18	7/2
12	Missoula (IRE)	2008-12-09	Fontwell	Deadman Trucking Ltd Novices' Hurdle (Supporting The Tiana Honey Watson Fund)	Won	3/1F
13	Always Bold (IRE)	2009-02-18	Doncaster	Doncaster Racecourse Sponsorship Club Juvenile Novices' Hurdle	3rd of 9	15/8
14	Hits Only Vic (USA)	2008-11-08	Doncaster	£2 Million totescoop6 November Handicap (Heritage Handicap)	5th of 21	10/1
15	Talenti (IRE)	2008-11-16	Fontwell	Tikram Handicap Hurdle (For The Salmon Spray Challenge Trophy)	8th of 14	5/1
16	Top The Charts (GB)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
17	Daraahem (IRE)	2009-05-06	Chester	totesport.com Chester Cup (Heritage Handicap)	Won	7/1
18	Souffleur (GB)	2008-11-22	Haydock	Betfair "Fixed Brush" Handicap Hurdle	2nd of 15	25/1
19	Bollin Felix (GB)	2008-11-07	Musselburgh	Willie Park Trophy Handicap	3rd of 7	6/4F
20	Wicked Daze (IRE)	2008-11-08	Doncaster	£2 Million totescoop6 November Handicap (Heritage Handicap)	20th of 21	66/1
21	Swan Queen (GB)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
22	Kasthari (IRE)	2010-07-04	Market Rasen	Donald Noble Memorial Handicap Chase	6th of 7	20/1
23	Whenever (GB)	2009-06-13	Sandown	Bet On Royal Ascot At totesport.com Handicap	14th of 15	10/1
24	Downing Street I (IRE)	2008-11-24	Ludlow	Concha Y Toro Wines Handicap Chase	Fell	14/1
25	Land 'n Stars (GB)	2008-11-21	Ascot	Robert Giles Agencies Introductory Hurdle	6th of 8	25/1
26	Pippa Greene (GB)	2010-09-25	Haydock	J2O White Blend Handicap	9th of 9	28/1
27	Bogside Theatre (IRE)	2008-11-21	Kelso	Lilburn Estate Introductory Hurdle	5th of 7	7/4JF
28	Mighty Moon (GB)	2008-11-01	Ayr	Kidzplay Handicap	2nd of 9	9/2
29	Bulwark (IRE)	2009-02-14	Haydock	Pertemps Handicap Hurdle	7th of 14	33/1
30	Baddam (GB)	2009-04-09	Ludlow	Robert Holden Novices' Hurdle	4th of 6	11/1
31	Mudawin (IRE)	2009-05-30	Haydock	TurfTV.co.uk Stakes (Handicap)	10th of 15	100/1
32	Gee Dee Nen (GB)	2009-01-16	Catterick	Hipswell Novices' Hurdle	2nd of 16	11/8

30 of 32 have run since; 2 won next time out.

Cesarewitch winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2025	Beylerbeyi (GB)	7/1	Ian Williams
2024	Alphonse Le Grande (IRE)	33/1	Mrs C O'Leary
2023	The Shunter (IRE)	14/1	Emmet Mullins
2022	Run For Oscar (IRE)	4/1	C Byrnes
2021	Buzz (FR)	8/1	Nicky Henderson
2020	Great White Shark (FR)	9/2F	Willie Mullins
2019	Stratum (GB)	25/1	Willie Mullins
2018	Low Sun (GB)	10/1	Willie Mullins
2017	Withhold (GB)	5/1F	Roger Charlton
2016	Sweet Selection (GB)	7/1	Hughie Morrison
2015	Grumeti (GB)	50/1	Alan King
2014	Big Easy (GER)	10/1	Philip Hobbs
2013	Scatter Dice (IRE)	66/1	Mark Johnston
2012	Aaim To Prosper (IRE)	66/1	Brian Meehan
2011	Never Can Tell I (IRE)	25/1	Jamie Osborne
2010	Aaim To Prosper (IRE)	16/1	Brian Meehan
2009	Darley Sun (IRE)	9/2F	David Simcock
2008	Caracciola (GER)	50/1	Nicky Henderson
2007	Leg Spinner (IRE)	14/1	A. J. Martin
2006	Detroit City I (USA)	9/2F	Philip Hobbs
2005	Sergeant Cecil (GB)	10/1	Rod Millman
2004	Contact Dancer (IRE)	16/1	Mark Johnston
2003	Landing Light (IRE)	12/1	Nicky Henderson
2002	Miss Fara (FR)	12/1	M C Pipe
2001	Distant Prospect (IRE)	14/1	I A Balding
2000	Heros Fatal (FR)	11/1	M C Pipe
1999	Top Cees (GB)	7/1	I A Balding
1998	Spirit Of Love (USA)	11/1	Mark Johnston
1997	Turnpole (IRE)	16/1	Mrs M Reveley
1996	Inchcailloch (IRE)	20/1	J S King
1995	Old Red (IRE)	11/1	Mrs M Reveley
1994	Captain's Guest (IRE)	25/1	G Harwood
1993	Aahsaylad (GB)	12/1	J White
1992	Vintage Crop (GB)	5/1F	D K Weld
1991	Go South (GB)	33/1	J. R. Jenkins
1990	Trainglot (GB)	13/2	J G Fitzgerald

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2008 Cesarewitch

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