5-625: Cesarewitch may refer to: Cesarewitch Handicap , a horse racing competition held in Great Britain Cesarewitch (English greyhound race) , a greyhound racing competition held in England Cesarewitch (Irish greyhound race) , a greyhound racing competition held in Ireland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-703: 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. "Cesarewitch" is an anglicised version of Tsesarevich , 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
15-648: The Jockey Club . 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 Cambridgeshire . 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
20-453: 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
25-490: The title Cesarewitch . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cesarewitch&oldid=1184758534 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cesarewitch Handicap The Cesarewitch Handicap
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