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Horse racing tips: Ayr – Wednesday May 22
Today’s horse racing tips come from the meeting at Ayr. See our expert’s nap of the day, next best and other selections
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There are six meetings scheduled across the UK and Ireland on a busy Wednesday for punters.
Flat racing comes from Ayr (2.20-5.30pm), Yarmouth (2.30-5.05), Gowran Park (5.20-8.20) and the all-weather card at Kempton (5.25-9.00). Warwick (2.08-4.40) and Southwell (5.40-8.40) provide the National Hunt fare.
We have three selections from the meeting at Ayr, including an unexposed four-year-old who is open to improvement on her seasonal reappearance in Listed company.
Horse racing tips today – Ayr
Clive Gildon’s picks for Wednesday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them.
- Nap: Mistral Star (Ayr, 3.20) @ 3/1 with BetMGM
- Next best: Nahori (Ayr, 3.50) @ SP with BetMGM
- Other: Pol Roger (Ayr, 4.55) @ SP with BetMGM
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Horse racing tips: Ayr 3.20
MISTRAL STAR is our selection in this 1m 2f Listed race. Hughie Morrison’s string are in a consistent vein of form and this filly can make the trainer’s long trip from East Ilsley a worthwhile one.
Jockey Jason Hart is 3-27 (11 per cent) when riding for Morrison and he is reunited with Mistral Star for the first time since she was second on her debut over a mile at Lingfield in November 2022.
The daughter of Frankel performed to a slightly higher level when third in a Newbury maiden the next April and mainly progressed throughout her remaining four starts in 2023.
She got off the mark over this trip on good to firm ground in a novice contest at Salisbury last June but failed to reproduce that form on her handicap debut over the same course and distance in July.
Marked progression was forthcoming when she stepped up to 1m 4f on good ground from a rating of 79 back at Salisbury in August, as she ran out an impressive five-and-a-half-length winner, before she signed off with a close second in a 1m 4f Listed contest on soft ground at Saint-Cloud in September.
She is closely related to a couple of group-race winners at the age of four, is becoming more versatile on different going and there is likely to be more to come from her this term after only six starts.
Selection: Mistral Star @ 3/1 with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Ayr 3.50
NAHORI has interesting each-way claims in this nine-runner Class 4 handicap. Jockey Oisin Orr is 2-4 (50 per cent; +£26.33) when riding for Thomas Gibney, who trains at Trim in Co Meath.
The daughter of Night Of Thunder won going away on her debut over 7f at Dundalk in December and wasn't disgraced from 7lb higher in a 1m handicap (0-102) when sixth at the same venue in February.
She was well held on her turf debut on heavy ground at Naas in March but took a step back in the right direction when fifth in a 7f handicap (0-93) at Gowran Park last month.
Her pedigree strongly hints at likely progression this term at around a mile on decent turf and she may be about to take another step forward on her British debut in a winnable Class 4 contest (0-83).
Selection: Nahori @ SP with BetMGM
Horse racing tips: Ayr 4.55
Michael Dods is 2-7 (29 per cent; +£47.25) with his runners at Ayr this year, including POL ROGER, who was a winning 9/4 second favourite here over today’s trip of 1m 2f at the start of the month.
He looks capable of following up from a 4lb higher rating of 70 in an admittedly stronger contest.
As a juvenile, he won in this grade over 7f at Haydock in August 2022 and his best Racing Post Rating of 89 was achieved over a mile on this course the following month, so he is clearly one to note.
Selection: Pol Roger @ SP with BetMGM
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