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It's late July and it's a Monday. Where else to be but Windsor this evening?

The track may be hosting a 'swinging sixties' racenight, but not before the horses get in their own groove, and with plenty of famous silks on display and pedigrees to match, there should be lots to dance about.

Evening racing also takes place at Beverley and Ballinrobe, while this afternoon Ayr stages a seven-race card on the Flat and Cartmel keeps the jumps fans happy.

Going reports

Ayr - first race 1.55

Good, good to firm in places (GoingStick 7.8 on Monday at 6.30)

Inner rail out 6yds/Top Bend out 8yds

Races: 1,2 & 3 distance as advertised
Races: 4,5 & 6 +24yds
Race: 7 +42yds

Cartmel - first race 2.10

Soft, good to soft in places (GoingStick 6.6 on Monday at 6.30)

Rails: Seven Acres Bend - 4yds out, Grammar Bend - 5yds out from innermost, Home Bend - 1yd out, Woodside Straight rail moved out 3yds to provide fresh ground

Effect on race distances:
Race 1 - 2m1f H +38yds
Race 2 - 3m1f H +58yds
Race 3 - 2m6f H +47yds
Race 4 - 2m5f'CH +47yds
Race 5 - 2m1f 'CH +38yds
Race 6 - 3m1f 'CH +58yds
Race 7 - 2m1f H +38yds

Ballinrobe - first race 5.35

Good to yielding

Beverley - first race 5.55

Good, good to soft in places

Windsor - first race 6.15

Good to soft, soft in places (GoingStick 6.6 on Monday at 6.30)

Market movers

3.40 Ayr 6 Declamation 5-1 (from 33)
4 Mallymkun 15-2 (from 12)

6.55 Beverley 3 First Bombardment 4 (from 13-2)

8.25 Beverley 6 False Id 8-1 (from 14)

8.45 Windsor 10 Beaconsfield 12-1 (from 33)

What's on today

Three course and distance winners take each other on in the feature 1m2f handicap at Ayr this afternoon (4.40). Royal Regent, Testa Rossa and Gworn have notched 12 victories at the track between them and all have solid claims in an open event.

Recent form is worth taking note of at Windsor tonight with an interesting newcomer. 111112 are the form figures of owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's last six runners. He will be relying on Fujaira Price (8.15), who is a half-brother to Nichols Canyon, to keep up the good work.

What to back

Get our tipster's best bets of the day here.

Plus here's Tom Bull's best bet, which comes from Ayr:

What to read

Hayley Turner may have made several winning comebacks after announcing her retirement in 2015, but friend and fellow ground-breaking rider Cathy Gannon announced her retirement on Saturday. Read all of the tributes here.

Plus, with Galway approaching hear more about one of the meeting's legendary regulars, veteran campaigner Hidden Cyclone.

The King George awaits at Ascot on Saturday, so what are Aidan O'Brien's plans for the Group 1 contest?

How much notice did you take of last week's news? Test your memory with our weekly quiz.

What to watch

Coolmore representative Kevin Buckley gives us the lowdown on brothers Highland Reel and Idaho as they head to the King George on Saturday:

Get excited for Glorious Goodwood with a look back on Toronado's duel on the Downs with Dawn Approach:

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Henry Hardwicke, of Diary of an Ordinary Punter fame, offers up his best bets for day three of the World Matchplay darts this evening.

Final thought

There would be no more fitting winner today than a Tony Coyle-trained runner in therace named in memory of his partner Jaimie Kerr at Beverley (6.55). Coyle saddles Maureb and Thatcherite.

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