Graeme Rodway's play of the day at Ayr on Saturday

My Prospero is a big loss from the Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Doonside Cup Stakes (1.50) at Ayr, but I fancied Pride Of America to win this race even before it was announced that My Prospero wouldn't run.

Pride Of America should be too good for the rest of them. Royal Rhyme looked smart when winning at Goodwood but he will need to improve to beat my selection, who put in an even better performance than his main rival at the same track last time when a close third in a hot 1m2f handicap off a mark of 110.

He was awarded a Racing Post Rating of 115 for that, which is 5lb better than Royal Rhyme's peak, and Pride Of America wasn't even at his best that day on RPRs as he achieved a 116 when landing the John Smith's Cup in a good time at York in July.

Both of those efforts came on ground with soft in the description and the gelded son of American Post handles testing conditions well. If he can reproduce what he has shown on either of his last two runs, he should be too good.