Ayr · GB · 2026-07-20 · 3:00
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0m7f50y · Good To Firm · GOOD TO FIRM (GoingStick: 8.7) · Turf · Class 6 · 3yo+ · 0-60 · £3,664 · 6 runners · Stalls: 5f & 6f - Centre; 7f - Outside; Remainder - Inside · Weather: Sunny & Warm
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Imperial Guard
Verdict
Imperial Guard heads our figures on 69, just a pound ahead of Yaaser in second, and the form that saw him win last time out makes him our selection with medium confidence. Yaaser, Supreme Dancer and Ramon Di Loria are the obvious dangers, each with claims of their own on recent form. Soul Warrior, also on 62, and Lanarra make up the rest of a competitive field. Imperial Guard is the one to beat.
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Imperial Guard6-8851▾Daniel Tudhope · Michael Dods
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Imperial Guard won last time out after a moderate spell that included two eighths in his previous four starts. He has run over today's trip and going before, and a rating of 69, the best in this field, makes him the one to beat.
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Yaaser997595▾Paul Mulrennan · Jim Goldie
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Yaaser was fifth last time out, and again three starts back, the rest of a moderate sequence made up of three ninths and a seventh. Wearing cheekpieces, he has run over today's trip and going before, and a rating of 68 makes him a leading danger, though he remains without a win across that sequence.
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Ramon Di Loria636332▾Greg Fairley · Ewan Whillans
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Ramon Di Loria was runner-up last time out, and third on three further occasions in his last six starts, a consistently competitive campaign. He has run over today's trip and going before, and a rating of 62 keeps him in the frame among the leading dangers, though he's yet to convert that consistency into a win.
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Soul Warrior81-803▾Alex Jary(3) · Nigel Tinkler
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Soul Warrior won four starts back, but either side of that he's been no better than third, including an unplaced run two starts back and a third last time out. He has run over today's trip and going before, and a rating of 62 leaves him hard to fancy for another success against this field.
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Supreme Dancer557-28▾Warren Fentiman(3) · Richard & Peter Fahey
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Supreme Dancer was runner-up two starts back, sandwiched between an eighth last time out and a seventh three starts back, a mixed recent record. He has run over today's trip and going before, and a rating of 62 keeps him among the leading dangers, though he's still without a win in that spell after a lengthy 35-day layoff.
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Lanarra761-23▾Sam James · R Mike Smith
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Lanarra won three starts back, was runner-up two starts back, and comes here off a third last time out - a productive recent sequence. She has run over today's trip before, and a rating of 49 leaves her the outsider of this field after a lengthy 42-day absence.