Run every year in the middle of September as part of Ayr’s Gold Cup meeting on the flat, the Doonside Cup is one of a number of support races to the main contest itself.
While Saturday is dominated by the Ayr Silver and Gold Cups with Friday including the Scottish Fillies’ Sprint, the Doonside Cup is staged on the Thursday (day one) of the meeting as the feature race of the day at Listed level over a mile-and-a-quarter with around £65,000 up for grabs.
Bringing together the three-year-old generation with the older horses, some classy types have taken part in this race in the past such as Prix Vermeille winner Leggera who took this in 1999. Andrew Balding was responsible for arguably the most popular winner of this contest ever betting-wise when his conveniently named Scottish
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