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The Ayr Gold Cup is billed as the richest sprint handicap in Europe and
is held at the Ayr Racecourse, Ayrshire, Scotland, in September.
The Gold Cup, which has a purse of 120,000 British pounds, is a straight,
flat horse race over six furlongs (1207 meters) for three-year-olds and
above thoroughbreds.
» Race Type: Sprint Handicap (3+ year olds)
» Distance: 1207m (6 furlongs)
» Track: Ayr Racecourse, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Now the feature race of a three-day festival, the Gold Cup was first
run in 1804 and was contested over two heats each of two miles in length.
Because of the large number of entries, the 28 highest weighted horses
qualify for the Gold Cup. The next 28 compete over the same distance in
the Silver Cup the day before. The high point of the first day of the
festival is the Harry Rosebery Stakes, a five-furlong race for two-year-olds.
Fonthill Road, a six-year-old, won the 2006 Ayr Gold Cup. Ridden by Paul
Hanagan and trained by Richard Fahey, Fonthill Road went off at 16-1 odds
and finished a length ahead of Borderlescott, 11-2, with Advanced, 40-1,
in third place a head back. Hogmaneigh, the favorite at 9-2, finished
13th out of a field of 23 starters.
Fonthill Road’s winning time was 1:12.70, well off the race record
of 1:09.05 set by Hard to Figure in 1993.
Since 1988 Funfair Wane is the only horse to win the Gold Cup twice. The
victories came in 2002 and in 2004.
Other winners have been Presto Shinko, 2005; Quito, 2003; Continent, 2001;
Bahamian Pirate, 2000; Grangeville, 1999; Always Alight, 1998; and Wildwood
Flower, 1997.
David Nicholls has trained four of the last seven champions. His wins
came in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. Richard Hannon has a pair of wins,
in 1997 and 2005.
Two jockeys each have two wins in recent years. Darryll Holland rode winners
in 1995 and 2001 and Adrian Nicholls had champion mounts in 2000 and 2002.
» Past Ayr Gold Cup Winners:
2006 Fonthill Road
2005 Presto Shinko
2004 Funfair Wane
2003 Quito
2002 Funfair Wane
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2001 Continent
2000 Bahamian Pirate
1999 Grangeville
1998 Always Alight
1997 Wildwood Flower
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» Latest Ayr Gold Cup Racing Odds: Ayr Gold Cup Racing Odds
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