Day 1 of Ayr's Gold Cup meeting takes centre stage and here are the thoughts of our Long Shot tipster.
Ayr
J: F Norton
T: C Johnston
Aviemore has the profile of a progressive 3-year old and he can add to his two wins already this season including one over this track and distance back in July. He made all the running at Chester last time out and set a fair early tempo before quickening it up and staying on powerfully to win by 4 1/4 lengths. Up 8lbs for that success will make life harder, but he looks just the type of horse his stable excel with and granted similar front-running tactics he could be a hard horse to pass at the finish. Aviemore rates a 5 star each way Pick.