Regional can hit the target as he takes aim at the William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes on Saturday.
Ed Bethell's stable star was a Group One winner when taking the Haydock Sprint Cup in 2023, and although he has not won since he has certainly never let connections down.
This year he has hit the frame in all of his four starts, finishing a close third in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan before filling the same spot in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot.
He was then third in the Hackwood and most recently fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest, a return to Group One level over a slightly extended 1300m.
This drop to Listed company represents far shallower waters, therefore, and he has plenty of experience over 1000m having switched between the bare-minimum trip and 1200m throughout his career.
He is a truly reliable sort who does not seem to be losing either pace or enthusiasm as a seven-year-old, and is very much the horse to beat in the Westwood feature, especially with first-time blinkers.
The William Haggas-trained Crown Of Oaks has far more scope to progress than most of his rivals in the William Hill Silver Cup Handicap.
Prominent in the betting for the Cambridgeshire, this is just his fifth lifetime run so he needs more experience ideally if he is to take in that cavalry charge.
A cosy winner off a mark of 79 at Ayr last time out, he can cope with a 6lb rise.
At Sandown all eyes will likely be on John and Thady Gosden's Publish in the BetMGM Solario Stakes, but James Tate's He's Waliim should not be overlooked against the short-priced favourite.
By Too Darn Hot and out of a Galileo mare, the colt made his debut in a Beverley maiden over 1500m in mid-August.
There he strolled to an easy 6-length success from a decent rival in Sir Mark Prescott's Conjecture, and now avoids a penalty by stepping straight into Group company.
It is a tall enough order off the back of only one run, but he is clearly held in very high regard and is ridden again by the in-form Clifford Lee.
Elsewhere on the card is the BetMGM Atalanta Stakes, where Cathedral can hit the ground running for new trainer Kevin Philippart de Foy.
The Too Darn Hot filly has switched from Ralph Beckett's stable after the appointment of Philippart de Foy as Amo Racing's main trainer, having run three times this year already for her previous handler.
The most notable of those runs was a fourth-placed effort behind Cercene in the Group One Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, the form from which has done little harm to her reputation since.
She stepped up to 1800m in the Prix Chloe on soft ground at Chantilly last time out, finishing second, and will likely be happier on a sounder surface at Sandown.
The Gosdens' Dangerman sneaks into the Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap at the bottom of the handicap, but he goes there on a hat-trick.
Having failed to win in his first four outings, which included finishing last on his handicap debut off 78, he then bolted up in July off 76 and back at the Esher track a couple of weeks later off 80 when even more impressive.
He is up to 89 now but fitting him with blinkers seems to have brought out a new lease of life and even in this better company, he should prove hard to beat. - Press Association
SELECTIONS:
BEVERLEY: Race 1 - 14.30 Crown Of Oaks, Race 2 - 15.05 REGIONAL (NAP), Race 3 - 15.35 If I Could Dream, Race 4 - 16.07 London, Race 5 - 16.42 High On Hope, Race 6 - 17.17 Fortunate Star, Race 7 - 17.55 Tribal Wisdom.
CHELMSFORD: Race 1 - 18.40 Backer Bilk, Race 2 - 19.10 Eleanor Shelby, Race 3 - 19.40 Houdini Miss, Race 4 - 20.10 Dandy's Rocket, Race 5 - 20.40 Sam's Hope, Race 6 - 21.10 Arenas Del Tiempo, Race 7 - 21.40 Windsor Pass.
CHESTER: Race 1 - 15.10 Coming Attraction, Race 2 - 15.40 Tabletalk, Race 3 - 16.15 Hawksbill, Race 4 - 16.50 No Direction, Race 5 - 17.25 Kinswoman, Race 6 - 18.00 Miraculous, Race 7 - 18.35 Gallant Lion.
CURRAGH: Race 1 - 14.45 Perisher, Race 2 - 15.20 Sugar Island, Race 3 - 15.52 Ipanema Queen, Race 4 - 16.27 Red Letter, Race 5 - 17.02 Invincible Will, Race 6 - 17.37 Bear Profit, Race 7 - 18.12 Carrigans Grove, Race 8 - 18.47 Mo Ghille Mar.
LINGFIELD: Race 1 - 17.50 Gone Rogue, Race 2 - 18.25 Blooming Legend, Race 3 - 18.55 Rose Of Spain, Race 4 - 19.25 Vitalline, Race 5 - 19.55 Money Pockets, Race 6 - 20.25 Saliko.
NEWTON ABBOT: Race 1 - 15.15 Never Told Me, Race 2 - 15.45 Howth, Race 3 - 16.20 Obsessedwithyou, Race 4 - 16.55 Gore Point, Race 5 - 17.30 My Chiquita, Race 6 - 18.05 Testflight.
SANDOWN: Race 1 - 14.50 Woroodd, Race 2 - 15.25 Cathedral, Race 3 - 16.00 Dangerman, Race 4 - 16.35 He's Waliim, Race 5 - 17.10 Thankfully, Race 6 - 17.45 Piazza, Race 7 - 18.20 Emeralds Pride.