David is on his travels this week, but he has left us his 100 and under horses to follow for the coming week's and months.

As David says “but in true fashion, it'll be something different for Punt readers.”

David has also phoned in a selection for us and we will share his to follow horses and selection all week. He will be back on Saturday with a video preview.

Good morning all,

Sad news this week regarding the eventual closure of Towcester and a few of my memories are on today's piece, along with a selection from Southwell tonight that looks decent value.

A trends-based look at the Ayr Silver Cup by Dr Nick Hardman

There are many ways to tackle a big field handicap race but my preferred option is a to use a trends-based approach.  In a nutshell, historical race data is used to build up a profile of the typical winner.  The profile is then assessed against the runners in the race and those that tick most of the boxes are the ones to focus on.