Monday'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 one selection 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.

15:30 Ayr – Veblen Good – 1pt @ 7/2

Veblen Good remains on the unexposed side of things and may have more to offer in sprint handicaps before going back over 7f, where he may kick on even further in time.

Three runs this term have yielded a Pontefract win at this trip, when finishing fast to score by a neck, then he went to 7f at Epsom and didn’t seem to be in love with the nature of that venue.

He was much closer to the level you’d expect when back sprinting at Thirsk last time, coming home well for third behind the more aggressively-ridden Indian Run.

There was no chance of him catching that rival from where he was positioned but he was the quickest horse throughout each of the final three furlongs and that was despite having to switch across multiple lanes coming down to the two-pole in order to get a clear run.

Horses who are held up in the sprints at Thirsk generally have a tough time catching those who are committed for home early and I thought it was a cracking effort in the circumstances.

We now need to hope he’ll be able to cope with the demands of Ayr but I fancy there’s more chance of him staying in his comfort zone for longer against today’s opposition. 7/2 appeals as being a fair price and if all goes to plan in the run, he may be able to swoop late for a win.