It's already been a productive year for Robert Winston and at Haydock on Saturday, the jockey notched his 32nd victory of the year on board Alan Bailey's Sapphire Dream.

And the Irishman looks the rider to follow at Beverley this afternoon, where he can be on the mark with Time To Regret (3.00), Life Is Beautiful (3.30) and Smart Danny in the finale (5.00).

Time To Regret has yet to win a race, but ran a series of consistent races up to a mile on fast ground last summer and is worth another chance after a below-par reappearance run.

However that was on fibresand and, as he'd previously run poorly when tried on a similar surface at Southwell on his only other start on an artificial surface, that effort is best overlooked.

This fast ground will be in his favour, as will both the drop in trip and his favourable draw and he makes more appeal than likely favourite Spinning Dove, who looks less than reliable and who has the widest draw to overcome.

Winston and John Quinn, who trains Time To Regret, can also score with Smart Danny, who looks ideally drawn in stall 16 in the Rose And Crown Banded Stakes over five furlongs.

From a family that improves with age, the three-year-old has shown enough over sprint distances to date to suggest he can give a good account in a race of this nature, especially as he's one of the few open to any improvement.

Winston has a good rapport with Bill Tinning's Life Is Beautiful and the combination can be on the mark again in the Beaver Banded Stakes over a mile and a half.

The five-year-old is a fair performer for this grade and notched her third course and distance win in September.

Winston has been aboard for two of those victories and the mare should be better for her reappearance run.

At Thirsk's evening meeting, Winston can carry on the good work by landing the Buck Inn Thorton Watlass Fillies' Handicap over five furlongs.

From the back-to-form Jeremy Glover stable, the four-year-old shaped considerably better when just touched off at Newcastle last week and looks sure to go well from her favourable draw.

Mick Easterby's Sporting Gesture, who should be all the better for a recent start on ground softer than ideal at York, has conditions to suit and is expected to give a good account in the Herriot Happening Handicap over a mile and a half.

Easterby and rider Dale Gibson can also be on the mark with Acomb in the Calverts Carpets Handicap over a mile, a race that the stable landed a real touch in last year thanks to Top Dirham.

And there's plenty more North-East interest in the meeting at Carlisle - the best bet on an ordinary looking afternoon card could be the well-drawn Encounter in the Viacom Outdoor Apprentice Handicap over a mile.

The eight-year-old, who usually comes to hand at this time of year, has slipped back to a fair mark and showed enough on his latest start on soft ground at Redcar to suggest he can go well in a race of this nature.

At Leicester, Man Of Letters will relish the step up to a mile and a quarter and can go well in the Belvoir Hunt Handicap, while Ben Hur is taken to give a good account for his in-form stable in the Susie And Jim Celebration Claimer over a mile.

* Italian raider Prince Kirk was a surprise winner of the Group One Prix d'Ispahan at Longchamp.

Trainer Emilio Borromeo was registering his first success at the highest level in France as his four-year-old saw off Breeders' Cup Mile winner Six Perfections, who was making her seasonal bow.

Mick Channon's Checkit set a good gallop in the nine-furlong feature chased by the free-running Nebraska Tornado with the Luca Cumani-trained Sunstrach in third, ahead of Prince Kirk with Six Perfections held up last of the five runners.

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