BRIAN ELLISON continues in excellent form and the Malton trainer has a couple of good chances to trouble the judge once more at Southwell.

Gold Story has finished second on his last four starts and surely his turn must come in the Ladies At Southwell Golf Club Handicap.

For the last three of those runs he has been sent off favourite and while there are a few question marks to now answer – he is still a maiden – at least he is consistent.

Stablemate Castle Myth can follow up a win at the track a few weeks ago in the Play Golf Before Racing At Southwell Selling Stakes.

Another who is ultra-consistent, he has plenty to find at the weights with former Ellison inmate Camps Bay, but that one has been beaten at odds-on the last twice and might be getting his own ideas.

Hughie Morrison’s Kishanda ran a promising race on debut and has the look of a good thing in the Membership of Southwell Golf Club Maiden Stakes.

Second behind a well-bred newcomer from the Mark Johnston yard, the betting suggested she would come on considerably for the experience.

If that is the case, the daughter of Sleeping Indian simply has to be backed.

There was an odds-on shot in the race in which she ran, and it was pleasing to see her keep on in the straight to eventually get her measure and finish second.

Granted normal progression from her first run to her second, she should prevail.

Johnston’s New Latin sets the standard with a handicap rating of 70 on the all-weather but he has lost his way badly since having finished placed in maidens at Goodwood and Haydock.

David Barron’s Ingleby Arch is a useful performer on his day and his class could make up for the lack of race fitness in the southwell-racecourse.co.uk Claiming Stakes.

A Southwell specialist, he is rated 17lb higher on the sand than on the turf but Cape Vale could be a hard nut to crack.

Keki Buku stands out for Philip Hobbs at Taunton in the betfair.com/paulnicholls Novices’ Chase.

A useful handicap hurdler, there was not too much wrong with his debut second over fences to costly French import Rock Noir in a three-runner affair at Warwick in December.

An interesting one at Folkestone is Emma Lavelle’s The Crafty Cuckoo in the Get Live Football Stats At totesport.com Novices’ Hurdle.

He is making his debut for the Andover trainer, who could do with a bit of good fortune after being forced to rule out her exciting Tocca Ferro for the season.

Winner of a point-to-point in Ireland, the selection has scope for more improvement than most of these and looks to have been found a nice opportunity at the first time of asking.