The combination of a first time visor and drop in trip enabled Captain Hawk to get off the mark at Newcastle under Josie Gordon.
Always prominent, the Hawk hit the front with 2f out, and despite being strongly challenged inside the final furlong, he stuck his neck out to win by a nose.
Josie Gordon had been on the cold list, but you wouldn’t have known from the way she rode Captain Hawk!
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