Ayr Gold Cup: Date, venue, history and more

One of the major highlights of the Scottish Flat racing season, here's everything you need to about the Ayr Gold Cup.

Ayr Gold Cup date

The Ayr Gold Cup is set to take place on Saturday 21st September and is scheduled to start at 16:10 BST.

Ayr Gold Cup venue

The Ayr Gold Cup is held at Ayr Racecourse in Scotland, which is home to Flat and Jumps racing.

Ayr Racecourse also hosts the Scottish Grand National and Scottish Champion Hurdle in April.

Ayr Gold Cup how to watch

The Ayr Gold Cup will be streamed live via the bet365 Live Sports Streaming service.

Though television coverage of this year's event is yet to be confirmed, it has previously been televised on ITV and RacingTV.

Ayr Gold Cup history

The first Ayr Gold Cup was held in 1804 and was initially restricted to horses bred and trained in Scotland.

It became a handicap race in 1855 and the length was halves from two miles to one in 1870. 38 years later the race was relocated to a new circuit following the closure of the Belleisle track, with the Ayr Gold Cup held at Whitletts Road ever since.

At the new track, the race was shortened from a mile in length to six furlongs.

With the number of runners capped at 25 and the race consistently receiving a significant amount of entries, the Ayr Silver Cup and Ayr Bronze Cup have been formed as consolation races for those who were excluded from the Gold Cup.

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Ayr Gold Cup most successful jockey

Tom Nicholson and William Noble are officially the most successful jockeys in the history of the Ayr Gold Cup, sharing four wins apiece. Nicholson won four times from 1827 to 1834, while Noble celebrated victories in 1836, 1840, 1842 and 1843.

In the 21st century, only two jockeys have won the Ayr Gold Cup more than once: Frankie Dettori and Adrian Nicholls.

Dettori claimed back-to-back successes in 2009 and 2010 on board Jimmy Styles and Redford.

Ayr Gold Cup most successful trainer

Tom Dawson is the leading trainer in the Ayr Gold Cup with 15 triumphs from 1835 to 1869.

David Nicholls was prolific in the event at the turn of the current century, winning four of the five races from 2000 to 2004 with the likes of Bahamian Pirate, Continent and Funfair Wane.