Cesarewitchn.
/sɪˈzarɪvɪtʃ//sɪˈzɑːrɪvɪtʃ/ A long-distance handicap horse race run at Newmarket, instituted in 1839.
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1839 Sporting Mag. 2nd. Ser. XIX. 263 Newmarket.—His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Russia having presented the Jockey Club with the sum of £300, to be run for annually, the first race for it will take place in the Second October Meeting, and is thus officially announced:—‘The Cesarewitch Stakes—a free Handicap Sweepstakes.’
1840 J. C. Whyte Brit. Turf II. xi. 481 Newmarket Second October Meeting... The Cesarewitch stakes.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 373/1 Cesarewitch Course..2 miles, 2 furlongs, 28 yards.
1883 ‘Rapier’ Types of Turf 74 I remember how eagerly in a certain stable the weights were expected for last year's Cesarewitch.
1891 G. Chetwynd Racing Reminisc. I. 29 It was at Warwick, too, that the big Cesarewitch commissions usually made their first appearance in the market.
1891 G. Chetwynd Racing Reminisc. I. 31 At the next Newmarket meeting Cardinal York won the Cesarewitch by six lengths.
1934 Times 18 Oct. 5/4 The Cesarewitch Stakes, a handicap, of 25 sovs. each, with 1,000 sovs. added.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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