CONSISTENT filly Garter can secure a third win since October when she rocks up at Kempton.

Charlie Hills' four-year-old has been in fine fettle on the all-weather, having stated her intentions with a cool course-and-distance success four months ago.

Garter continued her rise with another gutsy success at Lingfield in November and then lost barely a smidgen in defeat when a narrow runner-up at Kempton in December.

Next up was a return to Lingfield for a seven-furlong fillies' handicap a week ago. Garter came fast and late in what was a fair race for the prize-money but she was compromised late on having encountered traffic problems.

Whether she would have improved upon her third-placed finish behind Simply Me is debatable but that good run at least served notice of her vitality.

Garter faces seven rivals, most of whom are either out of form or exposed, in a seven-furlong fillies' handicap in Sunbury. So it would be a bit of a surprise if she did not go very close in the hands of Callum Shepherd, who again claims a handy 3lb on today's nap selection.

Keep close tabs on BEAUCHAMP OPAL as Stevie Donohoe rides in the opening one-mile handicap.

Trained in Newmarket by Charlie Fellowes, this three-year-old daughter of Pastoral Pursuits was a bit of an eye-catcher over course and distance on January 6.

Held up from well off the pace, Donohoe and his partner made up plenty of late ground at the death to finish third, beaten under three lengths by Dangerous Ends.

The winner renews rivalry at Kempton today but she is now 5lb higher, whereas Fellowes' filly competes on the same mark.

GO GEORGE GO'S winning run at Newcastle is unlikely to end in the opening Betway Handicap.

Alan Swinbank's grey has claimed four consecutive victories over this mile-and-a-half trip and is clearly still improving.

From what we have seen so far, another hike in the weights should not yet knock him off his stride as Joe Fanning takes the reins.

SOME ARE LUCKY can kick on in the HAC Pipeline Supplies Chase at Leicester.

The six-year-old was pretty consistent over hurdles for trainer Tom George but chasing looks more of his game, judged by his Newbury debut on New Year's Eve.

Some Are Lucky jumped convincingly in a novices' limited handicap chase but could not quite go through with his effort along the run-in.

He still fared promisingly in third place, beaten just a length and a quarter by the useful Belami Des Pictons.

The form from Berkshire was reassuringly emboldened at Cheltenham at the weekend as the fourth horse home that day, Potters Legend, went close in a hot novice handicap chase.

Some Are Lucky runs here off a revised mark of 132 but he looks quite a tidy horse and should be a capable operator at this grade.

ALCALA is recognised as a major player for the 188bet.co.uk Chase at Hereford.

Paul Nicholls should be fairly optimistic about this one's chances if his pleasing fencing debut at Uttoxeter on New Year's Eve is taken on face value.

The seven-year-old grey jumped smartly in heavy ground to take third place behind Burtons Well, who only had the selection's measure by four and a quarter lengths.

Alcala is only going to improve for that run, while the prospect of demanding conditions can also be considered a sizeable boon. He must have every chance off a fair-looking mark with Sean Bowen at the helm.

FEDERICI, ridden by Will Kennedy, ought to find life a little easier in the 188Bet Handicap Chase than in the North Yorkshire Grand National.

Donald McCain's new recruit wilted late on over three and three-quarters of a mile at Catterick but connections must still have been really happy with the manner in which he travelled for the most part. This shorter trip should do for him.