Latest news with Elliott and Richards fancied to carve up Ayr card between them

A good geographical spread for once today with Ayr starting the day's jumping action ahead of Ludlow in the west and Kempton, on the all-weather, in the south.

Ayr grabs the attention with our Spotlight tipsters expecting Gordon Elliott and Nicky Richards to carve up the meeting between them.

Spotlight makes it a 3-3 draw between them with the star of the show the Elliott-trained unbeaten Galvin, who holds three novice hurdle entries at the Cheltenham Festival. He is a general 4-11 shot to maintain his unbeaten record.

Wolverhampton takes over in the evening with a seven-race card on the Tapeta.

Going report

Ayr (first race at 1.30)
Soft (GoingStick 6.6)
Distances: 1.30 & 3.05 +63yds, 2.00 & 4.40 +42yds, 2.35 & 4.10 +96yds and 3.35 +48yds

Ludlow (1.40)
Good to soft (GoingStick 6.4)

Kempton (AW) (1.50)
Standard to slow

Wolverhampton (AW) (5.10)
Standard to slow

Market movers

2.45 Ludlow - Pineapple Rush 7-2 (from 5)
5.10 Wolverhampton - Hua Hin 8-1 (from 10)
7.45 Wolverhampton - Scofflaw 7-2 (from 13-2)

What to back

The Tips Box is full of expert advice and Signposts Sweetspots points the way to three stats-based selections.

What to read

Paul Nicholls opened his stable to the Press yesterday and James Burn took advantage to catch up on the stable stars and hear some title talk.

What to watch

The filming opportunity at Ditcheat was not missed either.

Our experts look for the ante-post bets on the top novice races at the Cheltenham Festival that are the Racing Post Arkle and RSA Chase.

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Final thought

Gordon Elliott had to settle for one winner over the two days of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown last weekend but Ayr could feel the backlash as he has five runners which last night were priced up at 4-11, 7-4, 7-4, 9-2 and 11-2.

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