Dazinski can outstay last-time-out winners; PIETRO INNOCENZI on Tuesday.

IF YOU believe the news, plenty of people are choosing to take their summer holidays in good old Blighty this year as a way of lessening the credit crunch. Sacrificing gorgeous weather, great food and friendly people - not to be picky, but just about my three prerequisites for an enjoyable break - just to save a few quid.

Despite my snobbery, I may have to follow suit and one place that entered calculations was Yarmouth - mainly, no make that only, because it has a racetrack. Other attractions at the seaside resort this summer include Scrum on the Beach (is there meant to be an r in the first word?) and the National Beach Volleyball Championships, which I've heard is a truly uplifting spectacle.

Having never before sampled the delights of a town with plenty to live up to considering it's been lumbered with that modest British moniker 'Great', I'm thinking of making a dry run to Yarmouth today and, as luck would have it, there's a race meeting taking place.

The Bet Totepool on 0800 221 221 Handicap (8.50) has the kind of shape I like from a betting viewpoint, as it features three last-time-out winners who I feel justified in taking on.

Top-weight Starstruck Peter, who was unplaced at Wolverhampton last night, had his own way in front in slowly run races on his two previous starts against exposed horses. A further 6lb penalty is less of an issue than the fact Jim Best's charge will surely face competition for the lead this evening from Looks The Business, a recent all-the-way winner at Warwick. This looks a fair bit tougher for both horses, even without a battle up front.

The claims of the other recent winner, Sparkaway, are more difficult to brush aside. Willie Musson's three-year-old confirmed the promise of his Kempton reappearance with an emphatic success over 1m4f at Pontefract two weeks ago, when he quickly put daylight between himself and his rivals in the home straight.

He still looked fairly backward there, and the wily Musson clearly has a horse who could continue to give the handicapper sleepless nights having started off on turf on a rating of 47.

A 7lb rise for Pontefract is unlikely to make an impression, but I just wonder whether a (hopefully) truly run race over two furlongs further will. It didn't appear like he was crying out for a longer trip the way he picked up at Pontefract, and his breeding sends out mixed messages. He's a half-brother to several winning stayers, but they were all by Pelder, who is a much stronger stamina influence than his own sire Gold Away.

One horse who does give the impression he will relish the step up to 1m6f is Mark Tompkins' Dazinski.

A winner on fast ground at tonight's track as a juvenile, the three-year-old has struggled to go the pace in two starts over 1m4f this season, but finished both races strongly, making up several lengths in the final furlong in a decent contest at Newmarket 18 days ago. A mark of 69 looks well within his capabilities, and there's certainly more stamina in his pedigree than in Sparkaway 's.

Granted an end-to-end gallop, the son of Sulamani promises to improve considerably for the longer trip.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot more from the lightly raced Sadaska, who represents last year's winning trainer and has been brought along in a similar fashion. The three-year-old finished a long way behind Sparkaway at Pontefract but was hampered just as the pace quickened. Expect her to finish a lot closer to that rival tonight.

I'm trying to wean myself off backing older horses, as their declining ability is often accompanied by an increasing cuteness, but seven-year-old Shekan Star is still a fairly reliable mare and has the assistance of one of the more accomplished jockeys in the Lady Jane Bethell Memorial Lady Riders' Handicap (5.45) at Beverley.

She arrives in decent form, has a solid record at the track, having finished in the first two in four of her nine starts here (her last success came over course and distance in April), and she likes fast ground. A handy inside-rail draw and the booking of Mrs Carol Bartley, who knows how to win, sealed the deal.

At potentially huge odds, I won't be able to resist backing Paparaazi to make the frame, too. The seven-yearold popped up at a big price in a similar race at Nottingham last year after a spin down the field at Pontefract. He's been given the same prep this time. Unfortunately a low draw rather complicates matters.

Today's bets Shekan Star 5.45 Beverley 1pt each-way

Dazinski 8.50 Yarmouth 1pt win