Captain Brett

Both wins have come at Great Yarmouth, and both have come over longer distances, between a mile and six furlongs and two miles. At that trip range, Captain Brett has won 2 of 9 races — roughly 1 in every 4.5 attempts — which is a meaningfully better record than its overall career figure of 1 win in every 7 or 8 races. Great Yarmouth itself tells an even sharper story: 2 wins from just 3 visits. That is a two-in-three record at one track, which is the kind of stat that makes trainers keep booking the horsebox back to the same venue. The most recent win came just last week, on 18 June 2026, so this horse is in form right now.

That said, Captain Brett has found life tougher at Class 5 level — the bread-and-butter tier of everyday racing — where it has run five times without winning. That is a slight puzzle, given that Class 5 is not the most demanding company, but it hints that this horse may need everything to line up just right: the right track, the right distance, probably the right conditions. When those boxes are ticked, it delivers. When they are not, it tends to plug on without threatening.

Captain Brett is trained by David Simcock at Newmarket, one of racing's most famous training centres in Suffolk. Simcock's yard has sent out 39 winners so far this season, which marks it out as a genuinely productive operation — that is not a trainer guessing; that is a trainer who knows what he is doing with horses. With a horse that clearly has strong preferences, having someone patient and skilled enough to work with them rather than against them matters.

Recent form reads 2-1-8-5-8-3 from the last six races, most recent first, so the latest two runs are the ones to focus on: a win followed by a runner-up. That is as good a sequence as you will find on a horse's recent record, and it suggests Captain Brett is heading into the summer in the form of its life.