Racing tips: Well-treated Garden Oasis can lead them a merry dance up at Ayr

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What a performance by The Whipmaster at Windsor late last night. Kind of gutted to only have suggested having 0.5pt EW on him, but that was due to a bad couple of days and though I was confident on a big run, you can't get too carried away with the Gary Moore horses as they do blow hot and cold.

Salisbury 5:10 – Spring Fever 7/4 (1pt)

A fair amount of the fillies coming into this race are arriving with a recent win, which makes life a bit more difficult when trying to syphon your way through the field, but the one I landed on is Spring Fever.

I thought she did very well to win at Redcar considering she didn't get the clearest of runs through, until quite late on. She travelled beautifully through that race, and when Rab Havlin managed to find the gap she showed a good turn of foot and ran on strongly, in the manner of a horse who appreciated the step up to 10f. That was her first start over today's trip and you can see why they went for it, especially on her previous run at Southwell where she was hampered by the runner-up who hung into the path of Spring Fever, but even with that hindrance, she managed to run on again to finish 3rd. The ground should be on the fast side of good unless the thunderstorms we're experiencing all over the UK hits Salisbury harder than the forecast suggests, and if it remains quick ground she will be handling it better than most in this race.

Spirit Of The Bay would've been my fancy in the race if she was a 3yo and didn't have to lumber around with 10st 4lbs for the weight-for-age allowances she is conceding to the younger horses. She put in a lovely performance at  Haydock and the fourth horse has since come out and won. Giving weight away is fine, but against some unexposed fillies, giving over a stone away seems a tough ask. Alba Longa is the other horse coming to Salisbury on the back of a win, I'd be worried about the ground for her and the trip, as she ran over further on soft ground and she looked to be doing her best work the further she went, so the trip/conditions shouldn't help her.

Ayr 7:00 – Garden Oasis 4/1 (1pt)

On days like this, I think it's best to go for the best quality of race on offer as you often can get some freak results in Class 6 races, and that scene isn't what I like to get stuck into. My second selection for Tuesday is Garden Oasis in the best race on the card up at Ayr.

Similar to yesterday's winner, The Whipmaster, Garden Oasis has dropped down to a very tempting handicap mark and if he runs to anywhere what he is capable of, he should be bang there at the finish of this race. He is rated 75, which is 1lb higher than the last race, but he is still 2lbs lower than his last winning mark back in August and he considering he has won off 85, 82 and even off 80 over today's C&D he is a decently well-handicapped horse. His last run was a great return to form, finishing second at Pontefract with the form looking good with the third-placed horse going on to win since.

He is a front-runner, so hopefully David Allan can grab an easy lead and make it his own race at his own fractions.

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