Horse Racing Tips: Have a Toptime at Southwell with a 19/1 Monday double

• Ayr selection won first time out last term

• Southwell record for Toptime keeps us interested

• Alan Dudman returns from a break with a double across Ayr and Southwell

Ayr - 15:28: Back Travail d'Orfevre @ 10/34.33

Thanks to James Mackie for two days of doubles over Saturday and Sunday, and it's catch-up time for me after a few days in Lisbon - where the cobbled streets with rain made it feel like Haydock and some over-watering.

One horse that goes well fresh, or has at least won fresh before is Travail d'Orfervre, so it was understandable to see him cut him from 5/16.00 into 4/15.00 on the Sportsbook this morning.

I am hoping he replicates last year's return winning at Carlisle in soft conditions last October - a performance where his jumping was solid enough and he continued his consistency throughout his campaign over fences with five runner-up spots and a third.

His mark didn't suffer too much for that and the 8yo ran a fine race last April at Perth to a Paul Nicholls' 120-rated chaser so he shouldn't be out of place in this 0-120.

Southwell - 19:00: Back Toptime @ 7/24.50

It's never a bad thing following Roy Bowring's horses at Southwell and over five years the trainer shows a level stakes profit of +21.28 from 151 runners and a strike-rate of nearly 18%.

His Toptime was a big positive too on the Sportsbook when prices went up - from 5/16.00 into 7/24.50 and you know what you get with Toptime here.

Expect him to go from the front or certainly be ridden right up there and he looks ready for a winter campaign too with just three starts on the turf this summer - all in June and July and one included a win.

His record on the All-Weather is most consistent too with three wins and three seconds from his 14 starts. He's had a nice break too and off 60 rates a player.

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