the Ayr Gold Cup meeting is the meeting everyone bets on and almost nobody researches properly. We analysed all 277 races at Ayr in the festival window across 11 years (2015–2026) — here are the trainers, jockeys and market patterns that actually repeat.
| Trainer | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Goldie | 233 | 22 | 9.4% |
| Richard Fahey | 321 | 21 | 6.5% |
| Tim Easterby | 230 | 17 | 7.4% |
| David OMeara | 133 | 16 | 12.0% |
| Keith Dalgleish | 207 | 15 | 7.2% |
| K R Burke | 138 | 15 | 10.9% |
| Kevin Ryan | 194 | 11 | 5.7% |
| Michael Dods | 173 | 9 | 5.2% |
| Iain Jardine | 117 | 8 | 6.8% |
| Andrew Balding | 34 | 7 | 20.6% |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mulrennan | 161 | 20 | 12.4% |
| Daniel Tudhope | 170 | 17 | 10.0% |
| Jason Hart | 132 | 12 | 9.1% |
| Joe Fanning | 117 | 11 | 9.4% |
| Ben Curtis | 65 | 11 | 16.9% |
| David Allan | 165 | 11 | 6.7% |
| Paul Hanagan | 98 | 9 | 9.2% |
| Callum Rodriguez | 86 | 9 | 10.5% |
| Graham Lee | 75 | 8 | 10.7% |
| Clifford Lee | 78 | 8 | 10.3% |
| Year | Races | Favourite SR |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 22.6% |
| 2024 | 23 | 26.1% |
| 2023 | 24 | 45.8% |
| 2022 | 32 | 31.3% |
| 2021 | 31 | 32.3% |
| 2020 | 32 | 31.3% |
| 2019 | 24 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 24 | 20.8% |
| 2016 | 24 | 29.2% |
| 2015 | 32 | 28.1% |
We score every UK & Irish runner each morning. When the meeting comes round you get the model's pick for each race on Telegram before the off — the same engine behind these 277 races of data.
Verified 34.8% strike on our maximum-confidence bets — every result logged, win or lose.
Get free picks on Telegram →The meeting's largest-priced winners in our window: Hardstone (USA) (50/1, 2015), Cassy O (IRE) (33/1, 2020), Financer (GB) (33/1, 2024), Handsome Bob (IRE) (33/1, 2018), Angel Alexander (IRE) (25/1, 2019), Baron Bolt (GB) (25/1, 2018). Outsiders land every single year — which is exactly why our model rates every runner rather than following the market.
When the 2027 the Ayr Gold Cup meeting arrives, our model publishes a rated pick for every race before the off — no race skipped, every result logged win or lose. Start here:
Data: all races at Ayr in the festival month(s), 2015–2026, our settled-results database (277 races). Trends describe the past, not the future. 18+.
Data: official UK & Irish results, 2015–2026. Historical patterns are not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.