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The Ayr Gold Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ayr over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
The event is named after the Firth of Clyde, an area of water off the coast of Ayr. For a period it held Listed status, and it was promoted to Group 3 level in 2004. It is now the only Group race in Scotland. The Firth of Clyde Stakes is held during the three-day Ayr Gold Cup Festival (previously known as the Western Meeting).
It is run at Ayr over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. It is currently held on the second day of Ayr's three-day Ayr Gold Cup Festival (previously the Western Meeting). The race is named after Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, a notable racehorse owner of the twentieth century.
The Eglinton stands at Ayr Racecourse. The five racecourses in Scotland are: Ayr Racecourse in Ayrshire - (mixed) Hamilton Park in South Lanarkshire - (flat) Kelso Racecourse in the Scottish Borders - (national hunt) Musselburgh Racecourse (formerly officially known as Edinburgh Racecourse [9]) in East Lothian - (mixed; was flat only until 1987)
The Arran Scottish Fillies' Sprint Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to mares and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Ayr over a distance of 5 furlongs and 110 yards (1,106 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
The Doonside Cup is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ayr over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. It is currently held on the final day of Ayr's three-day Ayr Gold Cup Festival (previously the Western Meeting).
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In 1824, Ayr's most important race meeting, the Western Meeting, was established and by 1838 it offered £2000 in prize money and the most valuable two-year-old race of the season in Britain. The meeting's feature race, the Ayr Gold Cup, became a handicap race in 1855 and is now the richest sprint handicap in Europe. [2]