3:45 – Captain Mowbray 7/1 EW
Cartmel is very much a specialists track so I always favour a horse that’s proven to act well round here.
Captain Mowbray’s only run here was a winning one; he won comfortably by 11 lengths. That was off 108, the same mark he races off today.
While has has a long absence to overcome, he has run well when fresh in the past. When returning from a break of 3 months or more, his form figures read: 2F63. His fall came when he was leading at the last. Furthermore, only 1 of today’s 8 runners have had a recent run and Rebecca Menzies is capable of getting one ready first time out.
From my research, it appears that Captain Mowbray had a slight which kept him off the track over the winter. From Rebecca’s tweets, he has been been back in training for some time and this meeting was the target.
Regular rider Nathan Moscrop continues in the saddle. This is Rebecca’s only runner on the day and she’s had 2 wins and 2 places from just 6 runners here in the last 5 years (over fences)
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