NORTH Yorkshire trainer Alan Brown bids to strike while the iron is hot with Poppy In The Wind at Beverley this afternoon.

The sprinter returned to winning form with a vengeance at Newcastle last week when streaking home by more than three lengths after being sent off a largely unconsidered 14-1 shot.

Such odds will not be available today in the Bridge McFarland Solicitors Fillies' Handicap. Poppy In The Wind, who faces a hike in the weights, lines up under a 6lb penalty with Ben Curtis in the saddle. She promises to be hard to beat.

Newmarket trainer Sir Mark Prescott sends two recent winners to Beverley, both of which have sound prospects of defying 6lb penalties.

DUTCH HEIRESS is chasing a hat-trick of wins in the Bullet Day Next On 29th August Nursery Handicap. She got off the mark at Ayr and followed up last week at Musselburgh. Clearly thriving, she can score again.

Luke Morris, rider of Dutch Heiress, also takes the mount on Prescott's SEA OF HEAVEN in the Hull Trains Handicap over two miles.

The three-year-old won decisively at Newcastle eight days ago and looks a stayer on the upgrade with more to offer.

Whatever horse Simon Walker is booked for in amateur riders' races is usually a tip in itself. Walker is the most accomplished of jockeys and tends to be snapped up for fancied runners.

Richard Guest has secured Walker's services for OUTLAW TORN in the White Rose Saddlery Amateur Riders' Handicap, a race sponsored by the racing specialists from Malton.

Narrowly beaten in a blanket finish on his latest start, the ultra-consistent Outlaw Torn looks sure to play a leading role.

North Yorkshire trainer David O'Meara sends CUSTOM CUT on the long journey to Salisbury for a crack at the Group 3 £75,000 Sovereign Stakes.

Danny Tudhope's charge, a prolific winner in high-class company within the last 18 months, has work to do to turn the tables on Tullius after the pair finished first and third respectively at York on his latest start.

Custom Cut now meets his conqueror on 3lb better terms and may also be better suited by this one-mile trip than the extended ten furlongs he faced on Knavesmire. He has useful claims on landing this feature prize.

Clive Cox has booked top French jockey Gerald Mosse to ride BOBBY WHEELER in the opening totepool Racing's Biggest Supporter Maiden Stakes.

Only fifth of eight runners on his debut at Goodwood, where he was significantly sent off as a joint-favourite, Bobby Wheeler is fancied to prove a different proposition this time with that experience under his belt and over this extra furlong.

MILL SPRINGS is napped to win the Win A Football Fortune With Scoop6Soccer EBF Stallions Fillies' Handicap.

The three-year-old won well at Chepstow last time out and looks capable of climbing further up the ladder, especially in this race against her own gender.

Mill Springs is trained by John Gosden, whose Dante, Derby and Eclipse winner, the unbeaten Golden Horn, is set to take on brilliant dual-Guineas winner Gleneagles in next week's Juddmonte International Stakes at York in what promises to be the race of the season.

Also worth noting at Salisbury are QUITE A STORY (4.55), a lightly-raced type and still unexposed, and IRISH HAWKE (5.25), a Lingfield winner four weeks ago who looks well enough rated on his handicap debut to make a good impression.