Captain Nemo feeling super and ready to bounce back in Brisbane on Saturday night

Captain Nemo is feeling super in his work, buoying trainer Mark Dux into thinking he is primed to show his best again at Albion Park on Saturday night.

Dux gave Lincoln Farms’ five-year-old a freshen-up after two lack-lustre runs last month when he showed none of his trademark grit.

But Nemo has really bounced back and, after landing in an easier field than he’s beaten this campaign - and up-to-rating 80 race, courtesy of the junior claim of Luke Whittaker - Dux rates him a good chance.

“You’re always a bit gun shy when they perform like he did in his last couple but it could have been that he just had two real tough runs in a row before that.

“I couldn’t say for sure what went wrong but I had a couple of others who raced ordinary at the same time. They had an easy time too and came back and raced well.

“Everything seems fine now, he’s picked himself up again, and feels on top of his game. I don’t have any complaints, I’m really happy with him.”

Dux, however, is unsure on how to have Nemo driven on Saturday night, given he’s drawn awkwardly in six.

“The alley’s a bit tricky. There’s a little bit of speed inside him but he’s a horse who wants to run the gate himself and, if you try to pull him back, you end up fighting him.

“He’ll have to do some work at some stage but that doesn’t seem to affect him much. We just have to hope for a good trip because, if he races like he can, I think he’s the best horse in the field.”

Tommy Lincoln has won his last two starts.Tommy Lincoln, while boasting back-to-back wins, isn’t the best horse in the field in his race, the ninth.

And Dux admits as soon as he saw the draw he was disappointed, with the two best horses, Mach Da Vinci and Blacksadance, drawn to lead and trail and be too good.

It was cruel that two of the best horses in the state could fare so well in a random draw, a constant theme that has kept Tommy out of the winner’s circle for much of this campaign, he said.

Dux can see no scenario where the two favourites won’t dominate.

“If the one (Mach Da Vinci) takes a trail behind Balcksadance you won’t beat them, they’ll run one-two.

“If Shane Graham thinks Mach Da Vinci is going well enough to park the other one, with no second line the two might just hop on his back and it will be the same result. They could run a 54 last half and we can’t give them a start at that speed.

“If we can run third, I’ll be happy but Governor Jujon is a nice horse too, and he’s been trialling really well.”

Back from a 12-month spell, the former top three-year-old and 22-race winner has, however, drawn wide.

“We could run fourth. It will come down to what trips everyone gets. It certainly brings you back to earth after two great wins.

“But I’m sure Tommy will race well, he always does.”

Captain Nemo races at 9.48pm NZ time at Albion Park on Saturday night.Tommy Lincoln races at 12.36am NZ time at Albion Park on Saturday night