Thursday's Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets at Ayr

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing at Ayr, with two selections now online.

As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites, but our tipster’s predictions are researched early in the day and those prices could soon change. Odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.

15:00 Ayr – Impartiality – 1pt @ 4/1

I can’t claim that Impartiality is the best handicapped horse around given that he is 12lbs above his last winning mark, but he’s admirably consistent and arrives on the back of four seconds.

Given that he has finished first, second or third on 10/15 handicap starts since his three-year-old campaign, he is never going to be under the radar but the way he can travel through a race offers hope of another win coming his way in the not too distant future.

His latest run at Chester was very good, only succumbing to a well-backed rival who got first run, and before that he couldn’t catch Galyx when they faced off at Beverley.

The pair got contrasting rides, Jack Channon’s horse looking much superior on the day as a result, but there’s a 5lb swing on a quicker track and I think we’ll see that form turning around.

How all will pan out from a pace point of view remains to be seen but he’ll like the ground, he’ll like racing at Ayr and if things go right in the run for a change, he’ll be a big player late on.

15:30 Ayr – Itsneverjustone – 1pt @ 8/1

Itsneverjustone has already been backed in from bigger prices but I’m still happy to accept the 8/1 on offer now that he drops in both grade and trip.

Tackling 1m 2f at Haydock last time was of no use to him, and he predictably flattened out inside the last couple of furlongs having raced keenly in the middle of the pack.

His prior form at 7f wasn’t great either, failing to run his race when bidding to follow up on last year’s Galway festival win, but there will come a revival at some stage and I’m hopeful it can happen today, taking in a 0-75 on softer ground for the first time in his career.

He had performed to a good level at the start of the flat season as well, posting back-to-back fourths when 7lbs higher in the weights, so it’s not like there hasn’t been some promise this year.

The mile around Ayr should be perfect for him, the pace seems likely to be as quick as he wants it and the underfoot conditions are spot-on. This may be the day he bounces back.