Following yesterday's confirmation stage, the Williams pair of Time To Study and Darksideoftarnside  are part of a 39-strong entry for this 180-year-old heritage handicap. It is run over the marathon journey of two and a quarter miles and has a maximum field size of 34.
 
The Emirates Cesarewitch is just one of numerous highlights of the second and final day of the Dubai Future Champions Festival which is also the culmination of the four-week Newmarket Gold Season.
 
Williams's best chance probably rests with Time To Study, a five-year-old son of Motivator who was Group-placed in 2017 but has now dropped down to an official handicap rating of 97, 11lbs below his highest mark.
 
Time To Study  has been penalised 4lbs for last month's victory in the Old Borough Cup at Haydock Park although that imposition will be offset by the 3lb claim of top apprentice jockey Cieren Fallon. 20-year-old Cieren is bidding to follow in the footsteps of his father, six-time British Champion Jockey Kieren Fallon, who won this race on two occasions.
 
Darksideoftarnside is set to sneak into the Emirates Cesarewitch with a feather weight of 8st 2lbs. He ran a great race at Ascot last Friday when he was only caught on the line in the Gordon Carter Handicap.
 
Irish trainer Willie Mullins ended a near 20-year wait for a first Cesarewitch triumph when Low Sun led home a 1-2 for the yard 12 months ago. He is responsible for the 5-1 favourite in the ante post betting market, the Ascot Stakes runner-up, Buildmeupbuttercup, plus two other leading fancies in Great White Shark and Stratum.
 
While Mullins finally broke his duck last season, Newmarket trainer Sir Mark Prescott is still hoping to win this, one of his local track's signature handicaps, after almost half a century of trying. He has a good chance of ending that long drought on Saturday as he has two leading candidates in Timoshenko and Land Of Oz.
 
Timoshenko has won his last six races but has been seen only once in the last 14 months, when scoring over two and a half miles at Goodwood in August. Land Of Oz, by contrast, has had six outings since breaking his maiden at Yarmouth in July, winning five of them including the Heath Court Hotel Cesarewitch Trial over this course and distance three weeks ago. 
 
Ian Williams, trainer of Time To Study and Darksideoftarnside, said:
 
"Time To Study showed a very willing attitude when winning the Old Borough Cup and should appreciate the likely soft ground on Saturday. The extra distance will not inconvenience him and Cieren [Fallon] will ride him again.
 
"Darksideoftarnside ran a very good race at Ascot and also loves slow ground. He is far from a total outsider.
 
"It would mean a great deal to me to win my first Emirates Cesarewitch [his previous best placing was second with London Prize in 2017]. It's always very competitive, as you would expect for such decent prize money.
 
"It's not the type of race you can ever expect to win and it is always hard to beat the likes of Willie Mullins. Sir Mark Prescott is another who looks to have a very strong hand this year – I just hope that conditions allow my pair to be competitive." 
 
Latest Emirates Cesarewitch Handicap odds from bet365:
5 Buildmeupbuttercup, 7 Timoshenko, Land Of Oz, 8 Ranch Hand, 10 Great White Shark, 16 Barbados, Sneaky Getaway, Stratum, Time To Study, Coeur de Lion, 20 Eddystone Rock, Eminence, Mr Everest, Who Dares Wins, Themaxwecan, 25 Cypress Creek, Dubawi Fifty, South Sea Pearl, 33 Carnwennan, Coeur Blimey, Garbanzo, Newcross, Party Playboy, Rainbow Dreamer, Rochester House, Shakespear'sgalley, 40 Billy Ray, Distant Chimes, Great Trango, Seinesational, Sovereign Duke, 50 Graceful Lady, Not So Sleepy, Summer Moon, 66 Darksideoftarnside, Nuits St Georges, 100 Hermoso Mundo, Grenadier Guard, 200 General Zoff.
All 39 quoted. Each way 1/4th of the odds 1-2-3-4