Ayr Racecourse

Widely regarded as Scotland’s premier racecourse and its only Grade 1 track, Ayr plays host to both the Scottish Grand National and the Ayr Gold Cup festival – which is now the richest sprint handicap race in Europe. This dual-purpose race track hosts both flat and National Hunt racing action throughout the calendar year.

Horse racing at Ayr dates all the way back to 1576, but the first official race meeting did not take place until 1771. Nevertheless, that means Ayr has been the unofficial home of Scottish horse racing for more than two centuries. To date, the remarkable Red Rum remains the only horse to have won both the Scottish Grand National and the English Grand National in the same year (1974).

There are two different courses at Ayr: the straight course of six furlongs for flat race meetings and the oval left-hand circuit of 12 furlongs. For the Scottish Grand National, the course is a challenging distance of 4m ½ furlong with 27 fences throughout.

The Scottish Grand National has been run at Ayr since 1966 when the event moved from its former Bogside home. Meanwhile the headline race of September’s three-day Ayr Gold Cup festival is the 6f Ayr Gold Cup. 27 of the highest weighted horses enter, with those excluded permitted to enter the Silver Cup.

GeeGeez says: “Ayr Racecourse benefits from supremely effective drainage which means that race conditions are very rarely that heavy going. This means that both the sprint and oval courses are generally very fair to all types of horse; although those long striding gallopers tend to eat up the ground more quickly.

For more information on Ayr racecourse, especially draw and run style biases, take a look at this Ayr Draw / Pace Bias article.

“The course itself is also largely level, with only minor undulations providing minimal resistance for most runners and riders.”

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DateRunnerJockeyTrainerSP
09 Mar 16:53Kingston JamesPatrick WadgeMiss L Russell4/1
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Ayr Fixtures
DateSessionCodeSurface
19 AprAfternoonJumpTurf
20 AprAfternoonJumpTurf
29 AprAfternoonFlatTurf
02 MayAfternoonFlatTurf
14 MayEveningFlatTurf
22 MayAfternoonFlatTurf
03 JunAfternoonFlatTurf
22 JunAfternoonFlatTurf
07 JulAfternoonFlatTurf
08 JulAfternoonFlatTurf
15 JulAfternoonFlatTurf
22 JulAfternoonFlatTurf
29 JulAfternoonFlatTurf
10 AugEveningFlatTurf
12 AugAfternoonFlatTurf
19 SepAfternoonFlatTurf
20 SepAfternoonFlatTurf
21 SepAfternoonFlatTurf
01 OctAfternoonFlatTurf
10 OctAfternoonFlatTurf
28 OctAfternoonJumpTurf
02 NovAfternoonJumpTurf
13 NovAfternoonJumpTurf
Top Ayr Jockeys
JockeyWinsRunsSR
Joe Fanning177622.4%
Paul Mulrennan1311111.7%
Andrew Mullen117714.3%
Patrick Wadge93426.5%
Danny McMenamin94022.5%
Jason Hart85414.8%
Ben Curtis72725.9%
Sean Quinlan64513.3%
Daryl Jacob62227.3%
Hollie Doyle61346.2%
Top Ayr Trainers
TrainerWinsRunsSR
J Goldie2317812.9%
I Jardine1711614.7%
Miss L Russell158817.0%
N Alexander125422.2%
C Johnston104621.7%
R Michael Smith91217.4%
S Crawford74216.7%
D O'Meara75712.3%
N Richards63417.6%
D Whillans61540.0%