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Judged on their achievements to date, the front two in the market for the nursery at Ayr (14:45) are the wrong way round. The Richard Fahey-trained Trumpet Voluntary currently heads the betting after making a winning debut at Carlisle last month and he's certainly open to improvement, but the chances are he didn't achieve as much as Tim Easterby's Deepsand did opening his account at Redcar, something that isn't really reflected in the marks the two have been allotted. At the prices today, Deepsand looks well worth taking to prove that the handicapper has let him in lightly.

John Dunlop's Mountain Range has long looked the sort to relish a mile and a half, but he got no chance to demonstrate the point on his first start over the trip at Newmarket last time, when a poor position as things panned out was compounded by him getting no run whatsoever. Before that he'd very much been going the right way and all his handicap efforts this term look strong pieces of form. A mark of 83 certainly doesn't look beyond him and he should go close granted a cleaner run through the race at Newbury (18:00) today.

There aren't many trainers in the country in better form than Chris Wall and he's got an outstanding chance of another winner in the shape of Ride The Wind at Wolverhampton (18:50) this evening. She finally found some improvement when second, beaten a short head, in a course-and-distance event last month, when she was arguably unlucky given that she conceded the winner first run. A 3 lb rise for that looks more than fair and she has standout claims of opening her account this evening.

Recommendations
Back Deepsand @ 4.8 Ayr 14:45
Back Mountain Range @ 5.9 Newbury 18:00
Back Ride The Wind @ 3.75 Wolverhampton 18:50

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