Captain Robert

Where Captain Robert truly excels is over distance. At trips between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, he has won 3 of 8 races—a 38% win rate that stands out sharply against his overall record. Stretch him out, and he runs like a different horse. He also seems to have found his level at Class 5 company, though his record there (1 win from 5 races) is modest; the real story is that he is competitive enough to be winning races at all at four years old. One oddity: his regular partner George Wood has yet to land a winner aboard him across six attempts, which may or may not mean anything—sometimes jockey and horse simply do not click, and sometimes it is just the luck of the draw. His yard, under Fanshawe, has been prolific this season with 44 winners, so there is plenty of fresh energy around him. At nearly 30 years into his training career, Fanshawe knows how to get a horse like this to the track ready, and the fact that Captain Robert raced just a day ago and came home in front suggests he is fit, sound, and ready to run again very soon.