COUNT ON CLOWANCE TO SOLVE CESAREWITCH CONUNDRUM
The cat was thrown amongst the pigeons where many ante-post punters are concerned when the final declarations for this weekend’s Betfred Cesarewitch were made on Thursday, with the lion’s share of the leading fancies dealt a bad hand by the draw, not least Tiger Cliff who will be emerging from stall 30.
You wouldn’t think that the draw would be significant in a 2¼m contest, but with a sweeping right-hand turn to negotiate soon after the start it can be a real hindrance. Never Can Tell scored from trap 36 in 2011, but the fact that nine of the last dozen winners of this handicap were drawn in stall 12 or lower underlines the impact of the draw.