CAPTAIN Miller is fresh as paint following a summer holiday and can return with a vengeance this wet autumn in the Tote Scoop6 November Stakes at Doncaster tomorrow.

Nicky Henderson's charge is being geared up for a winter campaign over hurdles but he is reported in tip-top shape for the feature event on the last day of the Flat season on turf.

Connections are so bullish that although joint-owner Henry Ponsonby, who heads the 12-strong syndicate took 25-1 only last Saturday Captain Miller is now less than a quarter of those odds with most firms.

After a successful spell over hurdles last term, Captain Miller made a successful reappearance on the Flat with victory in the two-mile Queen's Prize at Kempton in April.

He followed that with an even better display in defeat when beaten only half a length by the smart Rainbow Ways over a mile and a half at Newmarket on Guineas day.

His only other run on the level in 2000 is best forgotten at it came in the marathon Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot, where he was hampered when four horses came down three furlongs out.

Tomorrow's trip of a mile and a half on going that could well resemble a mudbath is ideal for Captain Miller and with apprentice Jamie Mackay taking 5lb off he can land the gamble.

Another best with plenty of cut in the ground is Andreyev with Richard Hannon's talented sprinter having strong claims in the "getting-out stakes", the Charles Sidney Mercedes Benz Wentworth Stakes. The six-year-old captured the Listed Cammidge Trophy over this six furlongs on Lincoln day in March and has run well all through the season.

Runner-up to the much-improved Ayr Gold Cup hero Bahamian Pirate at Newmarket last time, Andreyev will be hard to beat as long as the season's exertions have not taken their toll.

The other Listed event on the card, the CIU Serlby Stakes, can go to Luca Cumani's lightly-raced five-year-old Boreas.

The gelding found only Give The Slip too good in the Tote Ebor at York in August and was an excellent third to the classy three-year-old colts Wellbeing and Marienbard in the Group Three Perpetual Stakes at Newbury two weeks ago.

Brother Joe can start where he left off last season with a victory in the Tote Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow.

The six-year-old gelding notched a hat-trick last term, including a handicap over this two and a half miles.

He looks a horse to follow this winter and could be a real money-spinner for Watchet trainer Philip Hobbs.

Patriarch showed tremendous promise in two bumpers for Mark Pitman last spring and looks sure to win races over obstacles, starting with the Persian WarNovices' Hurdle.