SEDGEFIELD has been a happy hunting ground for Brian Ellison over the past few years and the Malton-based trainer looks poised for yet further success at the course this afternoon via Chaparro Amargoso (2.50) and Toshiba Times (3.20).

Chaparro Amargoso (2.50) used to somewhat of a quirky customer, but it's fair to say the nine-year-old gelding is a reformed character these days, in fact casting an eye over his most recent form figures he's a positive model of consistency. Not once out of the frame on his last five outings, Ellison's charge put in a superb display of spring-heeled leaps to claim a quite valuable chase at Wetherby back in May.

A reproduction of that excellent effort would almost certainly be good enough to take the Newton Fund Managers Handicap Chase over two-miles-and-five-furlongs with stable jockey Vinny Keane in the saddle. In the following Happy Birthday Lynne Treadwell Novices' Chase Brian has another live contender in the guise of Toshiba Times (3.20).

Toshiba Times was a regular at Sedgefield last term, running all but one of his six hurdle races at the track. And he proved yet another fine advertisement for Ellison's training methods, picking up a stack of place money, as well justifying 6/4 favouritism when drubbing Tweed in September.

The immediate value of that victory was not instantly apparent, but when Tweed then knocked in an impressive four-timer back on the flat, it added far more substance to an already impressive victory by Toshiba Times.

After a season or two in the comparative wilderness, George Moore is back amongst the winners big-style. The Middleham handler has decent prospects of continuing his recent good run with In Extremis 11 (4.55), fancied to get in the money. Jim Crowley's mount has hardly put a foot wrong over the spring and summer months.

For the nap selection we go to Haydock where Young Rosein (8.10) is fancied to respond to the fitting of first time blinkers in the one mile Wilmslow Handicap.

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