Collins happy to get Captain to Lingfield Tracey Collins is glad to have Captain Joy in the Ladbrokes All-Weather Mile Championships Conditions Stakes at Lingfield on Friday. He won over the course and distance last January before finishing third in this valuable contest 12 months ago, and returns in fine form following a recent triumph at Dundalk. However, it has not all been plain sailing for the seven-year-old, who is one of two Irish challengers along with David Marnane's Seanie. Collins said: "It wasn't the plan just to have the one run with him before going back to Lingfield, but he had colic surgery and wasn't a very well horse at all. "We were always hoping that we would be able to get him back for Good Friday, but it was a bit in the lap of the gods. "We managed to get him to the fast-track qualifier at Dundalk last month and he won and qualified. All has been good with him since. I am very happy with him at the moment and he is in great form. "He ran a cracking race last year. It looks all set to be very competitive, which you would expect it to be." Roger Varian is confident Mindurownbusiness can right the wrong of 12 months ago. The five-year-old was well fancied to complete a hat-trick in the £150,000 contest on Good Friday last year, but ran the most disappointing race of his career to date in finishing ninth. He has bounced back to form this winter, winning at Lingfield, Chelmsford and Wolverhampton, and his trainer expects him to make his presence felt. "He's done nothing but improve on the all-weather last season and this season and this race has been the plan," Varian told At The Races. "He moves so well on the all-weather. He's got a great balance, a high cruising speed and has got a good turn of foot. "He seems to bounce off these Polytrack surfaces. "He is well drawn in five and we are expecting him to run a big race." Captain Cat won this prize in 2014 for Roger Charlton and bids to regain his crown off the back of a victory at Kempton last month. Charlton said: "He's in great form, he's very well in himself and I couldn't be happier with him. This is a tougher race - there is plenty of depth there - but we're happy with our horse."
