Champion Lodge, a winner at York last month, has good prospects of following-up at Sandown's televised programme tomorrow.

The James Toller-trained gelding goes for the £60,000 Pentax 'Digital Binocular' Handicap over ten furlongs with the in-form Seb Sanders in the saddle.

Champion Lodge, a high-class three-year-old before losing his way last season, is now on the recovery trail and his latest effort left the impression that he is capable of making further progress.

Despite being drawn on the wide outside at York in an 18-runner field, he came through strongly to win by almost two lengths from Tony Tie and Chief Monarch.

The ground that day was suitably soft for mud-lover Champion Lodge and, following heavy thunderstorms over the last couple of days, tomorrow's conditions at Sandown are turning in his favour.

Izdiham makes plenty of appeal in the Pentax 'Perfect Image' Stakes.

Unraced last season, Marcus Tregoning's three-year-old is progressing nicely this season and was a very creditable second to Burning Sun in a Listed race at Royal Ascot last time out.

The John Smith's Sprint Championship Handicap, which opens proceedings, looks a good opportunity for Shoeshine Boy to gain his first win of the campaign.

Brian Meehan's able sprinter looks to be coming cherry-ripe after two outings and, with Pat Eddery in the saddle, the four-year-old is fancied to be involved in the finish.

The £35,000 Pentax 'Digital Camera' Handicap offers Judge Davidson the opportunity to register an overdue second success.

Trained by the in-form James Fanshawe, the three-year-old showed plenty of spark when almost scoring at Kempton last time.

At Beverley's evening meeting tomorrow Archirondel is my Nap selection of the day to lift the opening race, the Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Pudding Handicap over an extended mile.

John Berry's gelding won handsomely over this course and distance two outings ago before running below-par at Bath in a race, which his trainer felt was a messy affair and not run to suit him.

Well worth another chance, Archirondel is taken to have the measure of Tim Easterby's recent Doncaster winner Style Dancer and the James Hetherton-trained Swynford Pleasure, a course-and-distance scorer 10 days ago.

Tony Culhane, who rattled-up a 2,676-1 four-timer at Catterick yesterday, can add to his score on Sheriff Shift in the Devries Honda Maiden Stakes.

The well-regarded two-year-old colt is trained by Mick Channon, who supplied two of Culhane's Catterick winners, and whose juveniles are in fine form.

Two of Culhane's Catterick winners were on Mick Channon's pair Just Say Yes and Befriend, and the others were on Stillington trainer David Chapman's Sharp Hat and Barry Hills' Minderoo.

Friday's tips:

Sandown

1.45 - Shoeshine Boy

2.15 - Izdiham

2.50 - Champion Lodge

3.25 - Judge Davidson

4.00 - Puma

4.35 - Oval Office

Beverley

6.45 - Archirondel (Nap)

7.15 - Sheriff Shift

7.45 - Dolfinesse

8.15 - Scott's View

8.45 - Sahara Shade

9.15 - Beauchamp Quiz

Updated: 13:02 Thursday, July 04, 2002