Always Alight can gain a well-deserved victory in the Ayr Flower Show Classified Stakes at the Scottish track today after running without success in several of the toughest handicaps in the calendar.

The four-year-old has finished down the field in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot, Newmarket's Bunbury Cup at the Stewards' Cup at Glorious Goodwood as well as finishing out of the frame in other competitive handicaps.

He even began the season in a 22-runner handicap over six furlongs at Doncaster in March. But he won that, defeating Indian Brave by a neck.

Now at last his trainer Karl Burke has given Always Alight a complete change by running him in a non-handicap against just four rivals.

And with champion jockey Kieren Fallon booked, the selection has plenty going for him.

Of the opposition, Stand Tall was withdrawn from the Stewards' Cup on the morning of the race because he had a touch of colic, Indian Spark usually finds one too good, Long Siege lacks experience and Filey Brigg has been out of form.

The evergreen Somerton Boy can follow up his victory over nine furlongs on this course last month by taking the 49's Handicap over a mile.

The form was given a boost on Sunday when the runner-up, Rebel County, won at Epsom.

That horse's trainer has every chance of landing the Lady Isle Selling Handicap with Kolby.

The three-year-old was a respectable sixth of 20 to Melodian in a much better race at Newcastle recently. He will also be in blinkers which he wore when taking a seller at Musselburgh in May.

Master Millfield earned a possible crack at a big autumn prize by landing his third win of the jumps season at Worcester yesterday. The improving hurdler slaughtered his rivals in the Nimrod Handicap Hurdle to leave connections thinking of aiming at something better than this 0-125 event.

"The ground could still be firm in October so we might save him for then as there could well be some decent races for him which cut up," said winning trainer Ron Hodges' brother Ivor. "There is no obvious reason why, but he just keeps getting better."

Master Millfield certainly looked worth a rise in grade after this impressive victory. Jockey Richard Dunwoody oozed confidence as he cruised up to join front-runner Indian Jockey on the home turn, bided his time, then kicked clear in a matter of strides before the last to win by an easy 11 lengths, with another 19 back to third-placed Doctoor.