Pin hopes on pair for Cesarewitch surprise

THE big betting race of the day today is the Cesarewitch at Newmarket and Buildmeupbuttercup has been the best backed horse of the week.

Legendary Irish handler Willie Mullins has booked Frankie Dettori, who is bidding to ride the autumn double following his Cambridgeshire win on Lord North, for the 9/2 favourite.

My two against the field, however, are Themaxwecan and Great White Shark (4.10) with preference for the grey who is widely regarded as the second string from the Mullins stable.

The each-way selection won a valuable handicap at Galway at the end of July and you can put a line through her latest hurdles effort when she didn’t jump a twig.

Themaxwecan is 20/1 with BetVictor with Great White Shark 12/1 at BetVictor who are betting each way on six places. William Buick takes over in the saddle.

The Group One seven-furlong Dewhurst Stakes is widely regarded as the best juvenile colts’ race of the year.

Godolphin’s brilliant National Stakes winner Pinatubo (3.30) has won all five starts for Charlie Appleby but the ground at Newmarket was described as good to soft yesterday and it should be noted that the odds-on favourite has never raced on ground softer than good.

He is Even money with BetVictor for next spring’s 2000 Guineas, but he makes no appeal as a betting proposition this afternoon.

In the Group Three Zetland Stakes Mythical (2.20) looked potentially very smart when scoring at Gowran on soft ground and he is taken to give Aidan O’Brien a hat-trick in the race following Kew Gardens and Norway in the last few years.

The selection is 4/1 at BetVictor and looks sure to go close.

Molatham has done us a couple of favours of late but in the Autumn Stakes I hope to see Al Suhail (2.55) enhance the Solario Stakes form having finished third in that Group Three contest last time.

The winner – Positive – takes his chance in the Dewhurst while the runner up – Kameko – went down by just a neck in the Royal Lodge last time. The selection is 9/2 at BetVictor.

At Chepstow I think Quoi De Neuf (2.45) looks well treated in the handicap hurdle.