2:30 Ayr Tips

Samra Star is the rank outsider of the field and requires something of a leap of faith, but I can't let her go unbacked at 80/1. She has been pulling her hard when racing for the stable which has been under a cloud for much of the season but there are signs that things are starting to turn around now and she has a piece of form in the book for her previous trainer which gives her every chance here. The drop back in trip is also a positive and she's often been at the front or close to it before fading when racing over further. The win on the AW in a novice race was less than a year ago and quite simply, anything within about 10lb of that run would be good enough to win this. She easily beat a horse that's since won off 92 and several others are now 80+ rated horses so Samra Star's mark of 68 is actually a very winnable one if she settles and returns to something like that level again.

Samra Star is the rank outsider of the field and requires something of a leap of faith, but I can't let her go unbacked at 80/1. She has been pulling her hard when racing for the stable which has been under a cloud for much of the season but there are signs that things are starting to turn around now and she has a piece of form in the book for her previous trainer which gives her every chance here. The drop back in trip is also a positive and she's often been at the front or close to it before fading when racing over further. The win on the AW in a novice race was less than a year ago and quite simply, anything within about 10lb of that run would be good enough to win this. She easily beat a horse that's since won off 92 and several others are now 80+ rated horses so Samra Star's mark of 68 is actually a very winnable one if she settles and returns to something like that level again.