Malcolm Boyle's statistics guide to today's racing

Ayr

37 races (38 winners via one dead heat) – 11 winning favourites – 37/38 winners scored at a top price of 12/1

Average Placepot dividend: £177.46

Highest dividend: £499.90 (2014) - Lowest dividend: £28.80 (2012)

Leading trainers at the corresponding meeting during the study period:

6 winners—Keith Dalgleish (12/1, 9/1, 8/1, 5/1, 4/1 & 13/8*) – 5 runners:

Archie’s Advice (2.10), Crazy Tornado & Atgaki (3.50) & Dark Profit & Inglorious (4.55)

3 winners—Tim Easterby (13/2, 9/2 & 2/1*) – 2 runners:

Salmon Suchi (2.10) & Regal Mirage (2.45)

Marjorie Fife secured a 34/1 double on the corresponding Ayr card last year – 2 runners today: Control centre (4.55) & Perfect Words (5.30)

Market Rasen

36 races – 11 winning favourites – 32/36 winners scored at a top price of 10/1

Average Placepot dividend: £453.92

Highest dividend: £1,299.70 (2013) - Lowest dividend: £3.80 (2015)

Leading trainer at the corresponding meeting during the study period:

3 winners—David Pipe (6/1, 3/1 & 15/8) – 2 runners today:

Kalifourchon (1.50) & Magie Du Ma (3.30) – out of interest, David secured 19/1 double on the corresponding card last year

Another trainer worth a second glance is Nigel Hawke who has saddled two winners (9/1 & 8/1) during the study period: - 2 runners today:

Pommie (2.25) & Nachi Falls (3.30)

Advance details of Newmarket's July Festival

Last year’s details for the three-day meeting:

22 races – 7 winning favourites – 21/22 winners scored at a top price of 11/1

Last year’s winning trainers:

3 winners—John Gosden (7/1, 4/1 & 3/1*) – secured 31/1 double on Saturday

3 winners—Aidan O’Brien (6/1, 9/2 & 5/2*) – landed a 23/1 on Friday

2 winners—Charlie Appleby (7/1 & 13/2)

2 winners—Ralph Beckett (6/1 & 4/1) – notched a 34/1 double on Saturday

2 winners—Mark Johnston (25/1 & 3/1*)

2 winners—Saeed Bin Suroor (11/1 & 11/2)

1 winner—Andrew Balding (7/1)

1 winner—Michael Bell (8/1)

1 winner—Marco Botti (7/1**)

1 winner—Owen Burrows (7/1)

1 winner—Henry Candy (9/2*)

1 winner—Richard Hannon (11/4*)

1 winner—Kevin Ryan (7/1)

1 winner—Kristin Stubbs (9/2*)

Average price of the 22 winners: 5/1

July Cup (Saturday) details:

Just to show how difficult it is to land the spoils of this Group 1 sprint, 11 different trainers have won the most recent renewals.  Indeed, only Aidan O’Brien has won it more than twice (three in total) during the last 36 years.

72 renewals have been contested since the war, with the following vintage results:

Three-year-olds: 35 wins

Four-year-olds: 25 wins

Five-year-olds: 11 wins + one six-year-old winner in 2006

Most recently, four-year-olds have won five of the last eight contests