PARADISE ISLE (4.30) has the class to send her supporters home happy in by far the most valuable race of the day, the £30,000 Listed Lansdown Fillies Stakes at Bath.

Chris Wall's speedy individual easily accounted for Dame de Noche at Newmarket last autumn, yet amazingly is now able to re-oppose the James Given-trained filly on a whopping 13lb better terms.

On that evidence alone Paradise Isle is extremely well suited by the conditions of the five-furlong dash, which could ultimately turn out to be a convenient stepping-stone on to much better things for Wall's progressive four-year-old.

Canny Worksop-based handler, Jeremy Glover, has sussed out another winning opportunity for his well-handicapped filly, Warwick-bound Charmatic (6.40).

The fact that the daughter of Charnwood Forest had slipped markedly down the ratings as a result of some poor results in 2004 was not lost on Glover, who freshened up his inmate over the winter months then placed her to collect in spectacular style at Southwell seven days ago.

Glover has wasted no time in whipping out the bang-in-form Charmatic for the mile-and-a-half Olympus Handicap at the Midlands venue, a race in which the selection is fully expected to complete a quick-fire double.

Once Newmarket's Michael Bell had snapped up a maiden on the all-weather with Langston Boy (7.10), he sensibly refrained from returning the three-year-old to the sand in the hope of a exploiting a potentially lucrative turf campaign with his charge.

Although Langston Boy didn't win by far at Wolverhampton in January, rider Adam Kirby was not hard on his mount and the combination were value for much more than the winning margin of two lengths suggested.

Bell is a very shrewd cookie and he looks to have found his improving gelding the perfect race in the Cubbington Handicap, a modest affair well within the grasp of the relatively unexposed three-year-old.

Promising apprentice jockey, Ashleigh Horton, has a solid future in the sport provided she's given the chance to shine when the right circumstances arise.

Ashleigh gets on especially well with Scottish River (3.20), who is an excellent conveyance for an inexperienced pilot and has a great chance of taking the southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap.

Mark Usher's representative came up against a very useful sort in the shape of Sir Haydn recently, however with nothing of his calibre in today's line-up, the path is open for Scottish River to make a welcome return to the winners' enclosure.