Ayr Gold Cup 2024

The title and feature race of Ayr’s immensely popular three-day Gold Cup meeting held every September, the Ayr Gold Cup is so oversubscribed that not one but two consolation races are staged across Friday and Saturday of this meet.

While the Bronze Cup is worth £30,000 and the Silver Cup £60,000, the Gold Cup carries a prize fund of some £200,000 making it one of the most sought-after handicap prizes and most important six-furlong sprints of the whole season. It often features the same horses who have competed at Royal Ascot or Glorious Goodwood in the Wokingham Stakes and Stewards’ Cup respectively.

Established way back in 1804 as a stayers’ race, the Ayr Gold Cup is one of the oldest and most highly regarded races on the calendar and as a sprint has been won by popular horses such as Lochsong, Bahamian Pirate, Continent, Brando and Donjuan Triumphant.