Trainer Alan Swinbank is keen to step Ella up in class so she can try to earn some black type for breeding purposes.

Ella put up a gutsy display in the mud to open her account in the Ladbrokes Fillies’ Handicap at Pontefract.

Blaeberry emerged as a surprise candidate for the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after registering a second success over fences at Ludlow.

Hibiki booked his ticket to the Cheltenham Festival as he just held off the late surge of 33-1 shot Prince Du Beury in the Alfa Aggregates Products Novices’ Hurdle at Ludlow.