The William Hill Ayr Gold Cup Festival is one of my favourite fixtures of the year.

It’s the final big northern meeting of the Flat season and a lot of horse connections, racefans and punters make a real weekend of it and enjoy a bit of a holiday.

The atmosphere, as a result, is always very lively and the excellent prize-money means it produces good quality racing.

My biggest win at the fixture came in the Ayr Silver Cup courtesy of Mass Rally back in 2012. Hopefully I can strike gold this year.

Glen Moss is my hope for the biggest Flat race in Scotland, the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup – and this is a race we have targeted all year for him.

He has a good draw in 17 and the stiff six furlongs with some juice in the ground will be absolutely ideal for him. He’s in great form at home and has a real touch of class – as you can see from his third in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot.

In what is a wide open race this year, he looks to have a cracking chance.

So too does Get Knotted who runs in the William Hill Ayr Silver Cup Handicap. He ran a great race in coming third at Doncaster last week. I got there too soon and the race collapsed around us and we got swallowed up.

There shouldn’t be that problem this time, as a big field over a stiff six furlongs will ensure a truly-run race. The draw in nine is ok as it will allow us to either head to the far side or stay in the middle. Again, he’s going to be involved in the finish.

Delectation runs in the William Hill Firth Of Clyde Stakes. It may be a Group Three race but she’s a lovely filly by Delegator, who Bryan Smart thinks a hell of a lot of.

We won smartly at Thirsk last month and this race immediately came into calculations. The draw of 13 of 13 should work in our favour and I do like her a lot.

Le Chat D'Or loves it at Ayr. He’s won three times and been placed a few times here. He’ll love the ground and there’s no reason why he won’t hit the frame in the William Hill Supports Clic Sargent Ayrshire Handicap.

Davy’s Dilemma is a nice big juvenile, who won well at Redcar last time. Michael Dods had talked about this meeting for him a while back. He is learning and progressing well and lines up in the QTS/British Stallion Studs EBF Nursery Handicap.

Two to pick out from the last week are Je Suis Charlie, who won at Beverley on Wednesday. He had come on a lot for his Newbury debut and was expected to win and duly did with the minimum of fuss.

He may not have the class of Je Suis Charlie, but Transpennine Star won his second race at Carlisle on Tuesday and is going to keep on improving. Once horses learn how to win, they can often win a few on the spin. He could easily win again this season, but will be an even stronger proposition as a four-year-old next season over two miles.

Paul Mulrennan is sponsored by Racing UK, which is offering all their members free entry to the following fixtures in Scotland this month: Ayr: 16th and 27th, Hamilton: 19th, 24th, 26th, Musselburgh: 25th and Perth: 21st and 22nd. Visit racinguk.com/scottishseasonticket and www.racinguk.com/join for more.