#Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup

KING Kevin Ryan was delighted to honour the name of Leeds United gaffer Marcelo Bielsa as he went nap at the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup. The master trainer landed the £150000 Scottish flat-racing showpiece for a staggering fifth time after his adventurous six-year-old ploughed a lone furrow to success. Ryan showed all the tactical nous of Elland Road…

THE Ayr Gold Cup is Scotland's richest Flat race and one of the biggest betting heats of the season. The overall pot is £150000, with the winner netting over £75000 for connections. The value of the six furlong race attracts horses from some of England and Scotland's top yards. Great Ambassador won the Garrowby Stakes at York earlier this month and…

Gold Cup day at Ayr saw one of the most valuable sprint handicaps in Europe take place in Scotland. Khanjar was sent off a hot favourite for honours but neither he nor 2021 winner Bielsa were to fire this afternoon and off a fast pace that he truly loves, it was Summerghand that was to add another big prize to his impressive roll of honour at odds…

RACING, so often divided, has united in showing appreciation for late Queen Elizabeth II's love and support of the sport. Most feel her backing has been invaluable. I am certainly one of those. But before the Queen's sad passing what did we actually do to show that? The more I think about it, the gains from Royal patronage seems to have been rather…

Day two of the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Festival takes place on Friday and there is another packed eight-race offering from Scotland. The feature contest is the Listed Arran Scottish Sprint EBF Fillies' Stakes at 3.10pm, with the action at Ayr on between 1.25pm-5.20pm. Here is our race-by-race guide to day two of the prestigious meeting. This is…

Roger Varian's Sakheer made light work of his six rivals in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday, travelling beautifully and sprinting clear in the style of a high-class colt. As short as 7/1 for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next May, he has announced himself as a Classic prospect and there is no doubt he looks an…

Busy day of racing on Saturday as ITV cram in three Group 3 races, a Group 2 and of course the Ayr Gold Cup (1540). Here's a quick snapshot of Planet Sport's hot tips, with a bit of extra detail on our highlighted horses below that. You can follow all the latest racecards and results using our live centres at Ayr and Newbury. Selections: 13:20…

Racing TV ambassador Paul Mulrennan headed straight off to Ayr after riding a winner in the last at Newcastle on Thursday evening and is looking forward to a busy couple of days. He gives us the inside track on his hopes for Saturday. I jumped straight in the car for the journey north and west to Ayr after a late finish at Newcastle, arriving in…

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I'm sitting writing to you from North Yorkshire. I'm on my travels for Sky Sports Racing and have tied it in with a trip to visit my good friends, Jedd and Andrea O'Keeffe, who train racehorses on the edge of Middleham. As I type, I can hear the morning routines of a racing yard as the horses are fed before dawn, it's a comforting and familiar…

Bielsa: aiming for back-to-back Ayr Gold Cup wins Bielsa and Kevin Stott will bid to become the first back-to-back winners of the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap (3.40) after the defending champion was declared for Scotland's most valuable race. The seven-year-old is yet to score since winning the £150000 handicap last year and will face a full…