Make your Dream come true with the Honour at Ayr

DREAM Of Honour is strongly- fancied to go one better and make it third time lucky in the nine- runner

2- y- o Novice Stakes over six furlongs of ‘ good to firm’ Ayr today which will be dominated by the Shergar Cup International meeting at Ascot.

Not my cuppa tea with all six races handicaps but this annual August fixture has become immensely popular and an enthusiastic family crowd will have the Royal venue packed to the rafters.

Whatever old fogies like myself think it’s a must- watch occasion, with top- grade jockeys from all over the globe competing and accruing points for a final tot- up, which saw ‘ The Girls’ successful two years ago, spearheaded by our one- time champion apprentice, Hayley Turner, who was making a come- back.

Now ‘ Daily Earner’ is back riding full- time and it has been a joy to watch her in relaxed mode making use of her considerable experience; Hayley is approaching 800 winners, wonder if one thousand is in her mind- set?

For what it’s worth I’m confident about the chances of ‘ the girls’ with champion apprentice, Josephine Gordon and Hollie ‘ pocket rocket’ Doyle representing.

Former computer champion, David Allan, was aboard Dream Of Honour when this Dream Ahead colt was third and second respectively at York and Thirsk, where the minimum trip was too short for Tim Easterby’s charge.

We’ll get a price, course and distance winner Fuente, trained by Keith Dalgleish, will probably be favourite and others will be well- backed but Dream Of Honour looks nailed on for one of three places and concludes our daily patent, which kicks off with clear ‘ best- in’ Capitan James in a 2- y- o Selling Stakes over six furlongs of ‘ good’ ground Redcar, ‘ watered’ despite plenty of rain falling!

Capitan James was placed in a fast- run nursery over five furlongs at Musselburgh only eight days ago, a career- best and so why is he being risked for auction?

Toffee Galore looks a tasty proposition in the opening six- runner 2- y- o Maiden Fillies’ Stakes over a mile of Chelmsford polytrack, mount of Oisin Murphy; what beats Archie Watson’s charge will win!

Redcar, 1.10 Capitan James ( e. w); Chelmsford, 1.30 Toffee Galore ( e. w); Ayr, 6.05 Dream Of Honour ( nap- e. w)