Ayr Tips

Ayr is the premier Scottish racecourse and is best known for staging the Scottish Grand National a week or so after the Aintree Grand National. 

It is a dual-purpose track on the west coast of Scotland with the most prestigious flat race being the Ayr Gold Cup. This race normally held in September is for sprinters over 6 furlongs and is worth over two hundred thousand pounds.

Type of Racing: Flat and National Hunt.

Highlights: Both the Ayr Gold Cup & Ayr Silver Cup (September) on the flat whilst over the jumps they have the Scottish Grand National & the Scottish Champion Hurdle (April).

The Firth of Clyde Stakes, Harry Rosebery Stakes and Doonside Cup are also notable races staged during the Gold Cup meeting in September.

TV Channel: Racing TV

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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Ayr

Ayr Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 133-450 (30%) -19.99
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 44-95 (46%) -8.42
• Handicap Chases: 39-116 (34%) -10.08
• Handicap Hurdles: 42-121 (35%) +11.61
• Non-Handicap Chases: 4-7 (57%) +1.18
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 42-80 (53%) -1.60

Both courses are left-handed, 1m4f circuit and slightly undulating. Races up to six furlongs on the flat are run on the straight course.

Ayr Racecourse Address: Whitletts Rd, Ayr KA8 0JE

Ayr Racecourse Telephone Number: 01292 264179

To buy tickets for a race day at Ayr, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

Check the OLBG tipsters who are in good tipping form. You can check the top horse racing tipsters for the last 12 months.

Note Irish trainers with well-handicapped “sleepers” who have travelled from Ireland with a “few”, especially when they say, “We were coming over, so brought an xxx horse for the experience”. There is often a late Irish “plot”.

Note travellers to Ayr, especially for non-weekend races with big prize money. Any horse that has travelled over 300 miles should be noted.

Note the “Scottish Mafia” of trainers who like to keep the cash north of the border.  Listen to the pundits with connections in Scotland (Alex Steedman, Gordon Brown).

Look for horses that have run well in the most recent Scottish meeting, and who are on a retrieval mission, e.g. their last run was at Hamilton, Kelso, Musselburgh or Perth.

Check Irish stallion’s offspring whose progeny have a good record at Ayr.  On evening meetings at Ayr look for jockeys who rode in England in the afternoon.

Read the daily horse racing discussion on the forum.  Wait for weather reports, Ayr does have an odd climate. Check trainers who have had previous race success in a specific race.

Check previous handicap weight bands of winners of specific races, if the bulk of winners of a specific race come from the most common weight band, look deeper into those runners.

 If you are going racing at Ayr today then why not download the OLBG app for all the latest Ayr tips at the course?

With an LSP of +44.55, the most successful stall at Ayr is stall 2 when backing runners over a trip of 5f over the last five years. The stall with the worst loss at Ayr in the win market when breaking it down to race trips is stall 5 over a trip of 1m, backing all runners in this stall over that trip over the past five years would have returned a loss of -64.02.

Here we have the draw bias for Ayr taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Ayr?

Whilst J S Goldie is the most successful trainer at Ayr with a total of seventy-seven winners, if you backed all of their runners you would be showing a loss. T D Easterby is the most successful trainer at Ayr for those who show a profit if backing all their runners thanks to a total of twenty-seven winners and an LSP of +2.76. Miss J A Camacho is the trainer to follow at Ayr if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the trainers in the eachway markets, that is +25.11 which is courtesy of their twelve placings (seven winners). With an LSP of -140.26 at Ayr, Keith Dalgleish heads the list for worst trainers at this course, which is a result of twenty-three winners from two hundred seventy-seven runners which is a strike rate of 8%.

Following Kevin Stott would have returned a profit here at Ayr with an LSP of +18.51 and their twenty-three winners have them at the head of the profitable jockeys' list. Paul Mulrennan does lead the jockeys' list overall with seventy winners but shows an overall loss. When looking at jockeys and looking for some eachway value at Ayr, then the jockey who shows the best eachway profit is Duran Fentiman, that LSP is +23.18 which has been accumulated by a total of ten placings which includes five winners. At the other end of the spectrum is Callum Rodriguez who has a terrible record at Ayr, of all the jockeys their LSP of -110.21 is the worst, they have a 9% strike rate with eighteen winners from two hundred one rides.

Ayr Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Ayr for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 8-19 (42%) +30.25 - Backing M Dods runners when over a trip of 5f
• 8-14 (57%) +25.48 - Backing Kevin Stott rides when in a Novices race
• 8-15 (53%) +23.74 - Backing Archie Watson runners when horses are aged 3yo
• 9-21 (43%) +24.33 - Backing Billy Garritty rides when over a trip of 1m2f
• 6-13 (46%) +21.33 - Backing Charlie Johnston runners when in a Maiden race

Ayr Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Ayr based on the number of winners:

• 46 Wins: J S Goldie & Paul Mulrennan
• 28 Wins: I Jardine & Andrew Mullen
• 17 Wins: D O'Meara & Daniel Tudhope
• 16 Wins: T D Easterby & David Allan
• 14 Wins: M Dods & Connor Beasley

Ayr Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Ayr Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Ayr?

Focusing only on trainers who show a profit when backing all of their runners, top of the pile at Ayr for the number of winners is Miss Lucinda V Russell who has produced a total of forty-six winners in return for an LSP of +5.47. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Ayr and that would be N W Alexander who shows the best eachway LSP which is +26.48 thanks to their ninety-two placings (forty-two winners). R Michael Smith does not have a great record at Ayr, their LSP of -81.75 has them stone dead bottom of the trainers' list, which has come from seven winners from one hundred thirty-six runners which is a 5% strike rate.

Whilst Brian Hughes is the most successful jockey at Ayr with a total of thirty-three winners, if you backed all of their rides you would be showing a loss. Daryl Jacob is the most successful jockey at Ayr for those who show a profit if backing all their rides thanks to a total of seventeen winners and an LSP of +14.85. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is K K Woods who leads the way at Ayr, they have had a total of five placings which includes two winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +15.40. A total of thirty-three winners from two hundred thirty-five rides at Ayr has Brian Hughes at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 14% strike rate and worst LSP of -78.15.

Ayr Picks & Hints

Here are some factors at Ayr for certain trainers or jockeys which have been profitable:

• 5-12 (42%) +24.68 - Backing Daniel McMenamin rides when over a trip of 2m½f

Ayr Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Ayr based on the number of winners:

• 20 Wins: Miss Lucinda V Russell & Derek R Fox
• 15 Wins: N W Alexander & Bruce Lynn
• 15 Wins: A M Thomson & Ryan Mania
• 14 Wins: Miss Lucinda V Russell & P Wadge
• 14 Wins: S R B Crawford & Daryl Jacob

Ayr Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Ayr Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Ayr Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.