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Ayr Gold Cup

The Ayr Gold Cup was first run way back in 1804 but has eveolved quite considerably sice that time to become the richest sprint handicap in Europe. Sponsored by William Hill Bookmakers it is raced at Ayr racecourse in September each year and is contested between the top 27 weighted entries. Those who do not make the top 27 are given the consolation of racing in the Ayr Silver Cup and from 2009 onwards the next 27 after the Silver Cup entries now contest for the Ayr Bronze Cup. The Gold and Silver Cups are run on the Saturday of the meeting, while the Bronze Cup is run the day before. All three are run over the same 6 furlong distance.

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It has always been a traditional debate on whether or not the draw for the Ayr Gold cup offers advantage to one side of the course or the other, with the betting often reflecting this. High numbered horses always run on the stands side of the course, while the low numbers have the far side.

Punters will always study the racing form of the Silver and Bronze Cups before betting on the Ayr Gold Cup, to note from side of the draw the winner came from. Last year the winner came from stall 17, but in the two preceding years it was stall 15 and 20, with the three years before that all going to low number draws.

Trainers

Very often the race is won by horses who are trained by specialist sprint handicap trainers, such as Roger Charlton, although he himself has yet to train the winner of the Ayr Gold Cup. However one specialist who has almost made the race his own over the last few years is Dandy Nicholls, who has had five winners in the last ten years.

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Recent Ayr Gold Cup Winners

 Year Winner Jockey  Trainer
 2011 Our Jonathan Franny Norton Kevin Ryan
 2010 Redford Frankie  Dettori Dandy Nicholls
 2009 Jimmy Styles Frankie  Dettori Clive Cox
 2008 Regal Parade William Carson jnr David Nicholls
 2007 Advanced Jamie Spencer Kevin Ryan
 2006 Fonthill Road Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey
 2005 Presto Shinko Seb Sanders Richard Hannon
 2004 Funfair Wane Paul Doe David Nicholls

2011 Ayr Gold Cup Result

Kevin Ryan claimed his second Ayr Gold Cup winner in five years as Our Jonathan charged to victory. The 11/1 shot beat 6/1 favourite Eton Rifles by two lengths to ensure that only one ante-post favourite has now won in the last 26 renewals of the race.

 Result Ayr - 17th Sep 2011 Age Jockey Trainer
 1st Our Jonathan 11/1 4 F Norton K Ryan
 2nd Eton Rifles 6/1F6 T Durcan D Elsworth
 3rd  Son Of The Cat 5 S De Sousa B Gubby

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Stewards Cup at Glorious Goodwood

The Stewards Cup is a very similar race to the Ayr Gold Cup and often horses take on both races during the course of the season. It is therefore a good form pointer for the big prize at Ayr.

The Stewards Cup however, does not carry as much prize money, but is equally as attractive as a betting race. It is run over six tough furlongs and again like the Ayr Gold Cup always has a large field of runners.

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