Captain Chris and Menorah can deliver for Hobbs

CAPTAIN CHRIS makes his eagerly-awaited reappearance in the Betfred Haldon Gold Cup Chase at Exeter today and looks the one to be on.

Always held in the highest regard by the Philip Hobbs team, the King’s Theatre gelding had a bout of seconditis — albeit at a good level — when initially sent over fences.

However, a breathing operation saw him come good at Kempton in February and he never looked back, going on to land the Arkle at Cheltenham, seeing his race out particularly strongly, and a Grade One at Punchestown.