Ayr Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Ayr racecourse hosts jump racing in the winter and Flat racing during the summer months. The highlight of the jumps season at Ayr is its Scottish Grand National meeting during April. Paul Nicholls has enjoyed plenty of success with Vicente in recent years, and isn’t the only southern trainer who sends runners up to Scotland for the meeting, with Nicky Henderson also well represented. The Scottish Champion Hurdle and the Future Champion Novices’ Chase are two other Graded races on the day. During the Flat season, Ayr’s Gold Cup meeting in September is the highlight. The Gold Cup has become such a strong race in recent years that there are now two consolation races in the form of the Ayr Silver Cup and Ayr Bronze Cup for horses that don’t make the cut in the main race.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Jim Goldie	696	100	14	264	38
Iain Jardine	390	49	13	130	33
David O'Meara	262	34	13	114	44
Michael Dods	279	31	11	98	35
R. Mike Smith	358	31	9	89	25
Richard Fahey	243	24	10	89	37
Tim Easterby	258	23	9	77	30
K. R. Burke	138	21	15	58	42
Kevin Ryan	187	17	9	56	30
Katie Scott	118	16	14	41	35
Charlie Johnston	99	15	15	39	39
Linda Perratt	267	14	5	52	19
Archie Watson	34	14	41	23	68
Michael & David Easterby	101	11	11	30	30
Ewan Whillans	82	10	12	27	33
Adrian Keatley	61	10	16	25	41
Tristan Davidson	66	10	15	29	44
William Haggas	25	9	36	15	60
Grant Tuer	58	7	12	21	36
David & Nicola Barron	60	7	12	22	37
Julie Camacho	35	6	17	11	31
Richard Spencer	37	5	14	14	38
Ruth Carr	67	5	7	14	21
John & Sean Quinn	39	4	10	16	41
Hugo Palmer	45	4	9	19	42
George Boughey	23	4	17	9	39
John Wainwright	26	4	15	6	23
Donald Whillans	15	4	27	7	47
Roger Varian	16	4	25	11	69
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	8	4	50	7	88
Richard Hughes	9	3	33	6	67
Wilf Storey	14	3	21	6	43
Simon & Ed Crisford	14	3	21	8	57
Daragh Bourke	31	3	10	9	29
Philip Kirby	34	3	9	10	29
Nigel Tinkler	22	3	14	7	32
Rebecca Menzies	42	3	7	13	31
Liam Bailey	70	3	4	12	17
David Thompson	16	2	13	6	38
David Loughnane	16	2	13	6	38
Roger Fell	34	2	6	9	26
Christopher Kellett	14	2	14	7	50
Seb Spencer	26	2	8	9	35
Anthony McCann, Ireland	9	2	22	4	44
Craig Lidster	17	2	12	4	24
Andrew Balding	17	2	12	4	24
Ed Walker	17	2	12	6	35
Ed Dunlop	15	2	13	8	53
Jedd O'Keeffe	15	2	13	7	47
Tony Coyle & Kaine Wood	5	2	40	3	60

Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
N. W. Alexander	341	57	17	145	43
Nicky Richards	198	33	17	96	48
Stuart Crawford, Ireland	165	28	17	76	46
Donald Whillans	86	16	19	35	41
Dan Skelton	67	16	24	35	52
Sandy Thomson	146	15	10	49	34
Gordon Elliott, Ireland	44	14	32	26	59
Olly Murphy	78	13	17	42	54
Ian Duncan	151	11	7	39	26
R. Mike Smith	209	11	5	46	22
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	72	11	15	42	58
Donald McCain	83	10	12	30	36
Mark Walford	45	9	20	16	36
William Young Jnr	63	8	13	17	27
Fergal O'Brien	24	7	29	12	50
Iain Jardine	100	7	7	30	30
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero	31	6	19	16	52
Paul Nicholls	50	6	12	18	36
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	36	6	17	12	33
Noel C. Kelly, Ireland	24	5	21	9	38
Rebecca Menzies	59	5	8	19	32
L J Morgan	20	5	25	9	45
Stuart Coltherd	88	5	6	23	26
Tom Lacey	24	4	17	9	38
Micky Hammond	32	4	13	13	41
Nicky Henderson	26	4	15	10	38
Jackie Stephen	48	4	8	11	23
George Bewley	34	4	12	14	41
Martin Todhunter	43	4	9	15	35
Philip Kirby	42	3	7	13	31
Ewan Whillans	65	3	5	14	22
Gillian Boanas	23	3	13	9	39
Alan King	18	3	17	8	44
Christian Williams	7	3	43	4	57
Adrian Keatley	14	3	21	7	50
John McConnell, Ireland	16	3	19	10	63
Ben Haslam	17	3	18	7	41
Ruth Jefferson	17	2	12	9	53
Warren Greatrex	12	2	17	7	58
Paul Robson	14	2	14	3	21
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson	9	2	22	4	44
Neil Mulholland	10	2	20	4	40
Jamie Snowden	10	2	20	5	50
Sam Allwood	8	2	25	4	50
Tim Vaughan	4	2	50	2	50
Tristan Davidson	26	2	8	7	27
Daragh Bourke	49	2	4	9	18
Andrew Hamilton	45	2	4	6	13
James Moffatt	37	2	5	7	19
Samuel Drinkwater	4	2	50	2	50

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Paul Mulrennan	455	78	17	207	45
Jason Hart	270	38	14	104	39
Andrew Mullen	318	36	11	96	30
David Allan	178	20	11	55	31
Billy Garritty	122	17	14	45	37
Callum Rodriguez	171	15	9	58	34
Oisin James Orr	167	14	8	62	37
Kevin Stott	108	14	13	41	38
David Nolan	103	13	13	42	41
Joanna Mason	92	12	13	31	34
Sam James	112	12	11	37	33
Hollie Doyle	41	12	29	21	51
Oisin McSweeney	45	9	20	17	38
S. B. Kirrane	50	8	16	19	38
James Sullivan	109	8	7	19	17
Tom Eaves	146	8	5	38	26
Amie Waugh	149	7	5	24	16
P. J. McDonald	76	7	9	19	25
William Pyle	68	7	10	19	28
Billy Loughnane	36	6	17	14	39
Lauren Young	39	6	15	15	38
Ben Robinson	58	5	9	10	17
Oliver Stammers	36	5	14	15	42
Harry Russell	43	5	12	20	47
Rowan Scott	108	5	5	26	24
Shane Gray	71	4	6	17	24
Mark Winn	65	4	6	19	29
Mohammed Lyes Tabti	42	4	10	11	26
Paula Muir	33	4	12	8	24
Aiden Brookes	23	4	17	11	48
Kaiya Fraser	58	3	5	15	26
Duran Fentiman	50	3	6	10	20
James Doyle	15	3	20	9	60
Kieran O'Neill	15	3	20	6	40
Rhys Elliott	68	3	4	20	29
Jack Mitchell	10	3	30	4	40
Rossa Ryan	10	3	30	3	30
George Wood	10	3	30	4	40
Oisin Murphy	6	2	33	3	50
Gina Mangan	5	2	40	2	40
Callum Shepherd	15	2	13	7	47
Harry Davies	11	2	18	8	73
Alex Jary	13	2	15	3	23
Tom Marquand	14	2	14	5	36
Faye McManoman	14	2	14	4	29
Cieren Fallon	14	2	14	9	64
Shay Farmer	15	2	13	3	20
Jack Garritty	26	2	8	18	69
Dougie Costello	29	2	7	5	17
Jason Watson	30	2	7	12	40

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Brian Hughes	270	34	13	104	39
Derek Fox	203	34	17	93	46
Sean Quinlan	235	31	13	91	39
Danny McMenamin	206	29	14	92	45
Bruce Lynn	176	27	15	72	41
Sean Bowen	89	25	28	50	56
Craig Nichol	181	24	13	52	29
Conor O'Farrell	138	18	13	52	38
Ryan Mania	160	17	11	50	31
Patrick Wadge	116	17	15	52	45
Harry Skelton	52	12	23	30	58
Callum Bewley	100	8	8	28	28
Jamie Hamilton	95	7	7	25	26
Ben Smith	67	7	10	22	33
Stephen Mulqueen	85	7	8	29	34
Harry Cobden	30	7	23	13	43
J. J. Slevin	44	6	14	21	48
Kielan Woods	14	6	43	11	79
Jonathan Burke	21	6	29	11	52
Alan Doyle	94	6	6	17	18
Dylan Johnston	29	4	14	11	38
Jack Power	27	4	15	11	41
Theo Gillard	38	4	11	10	26
Peter Kavanagh	42	4	10	13	31
Richie McLernon	31	3	10	8	26
Harry Reed	46	3	7	7	15
Ross Chapman	53	3	6	12	23
Mr Kit Alexander	15	3	20	6	40
Gavin Sheehan	22	3	14	9	41
William Maggs	23	3	13	6	26
Nico de Boinville	24	3	13	9	38
Stan Sheppard	14	3	21	6	43
Mr O. McGill	15	3	20	6	40
P. Townend	7	3	43	4	57
James Bowen	9	3	33	5	56
Toby Wynne	9	3	33	4	44
Tom Cannon	11	2	18	5	45
Richard Patrick	9	2	22	5	56
Brendan Powell	9	2	22	4	44
Jack Tudor	8	2	25	5	63
K. Brogan	15	2	13	5	33
Sam Ewing	15	2	13	8	53
D. E. Mullins	13	2	15	6	46
Conner McCann	17	2	12	11	65
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	19	2	11	4	21
Conor Rabbitt	45	2	4	11	24
Charlotte Jones	32	2	6	9	28
William Shanahan	33	2	6	8	24
Edward Austin	34	2	6	5	15
Sean Flanagan	4	2	50	2	50

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Left handed, galloping oval track. The round course is about twelve furlongs long with a run-in of four furlongs. The turn approaching the straight is slightly downhill, and it's possible for those prominent to gain an advantage once in line for home. The straight course is particularly wide, allowing for sprints with a maximum field size of 25, making it rare for the runners to stay in one group in big-field events. A course whose character changes dramatically on account of the going; it's one of the most gruelling in the country on heavy ground.

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