It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of our recently retired Head of PR, Iain Ferguson, after a short illness. Iain was a much loved member of the Racecourse team for 20 years and our thoughts are with Elaine, Emma, Lorna and all the family at this time.
We sounded The Last Post for our late friend and colleague Iain Ferguson today. A beautiful eulogy from his niece Nicola and our thoughts continue to be with all of Iain's family 🏇
Ever wonder what it likes to ride in the
@Coral
Scottish Grand National? Then here is your chance, rewatch the 2022 race like never before 🏇🏴
@JockeyCam
The curtain came down on our 2020 Flat season this afternoon and big congratulations to
@311_mathers
@RichardFahey
and the Jolly Beggars who were top jockey, trainer and owners at the track.
The biggest and most prestigious jumps meeting of the season in Scotland takes place today
@ayrracecourse
featuring the £150,000
@Coral
Scottish Grand National and we are delighted to welcome
@itvracing
who are showing the first 5 races live the first race is at 1.15
🏇 Apple Away jumps strongly to win the Spring Getaway At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle, landing quick fire doubles for Derek Fox and Lucinda Russell 👏
@westernhouseayr
@lucindavrussell
An amazing result for trainer
@CWilliamsRacing
as his mare Win My Wings romps clear of stable mate Kitty’s Light in the 2022
@coral
Scottish Grand National for historic 1-2 result🏇👏🏼
Massive congratulations to all the team at
@DalgleishRacing
on reaching 100 winners in a year with Chanceanotherfive winning
@NewcastleRaces
- never been done by a Scottish trainer before!
Thriller!
Thomas Darby and Gold Cup Bailly serve up a treat in the
@weatherbysltd
Novices' Limited Handicap Chase, with the former asserting close home to land the honours for the
@Sean_Bowen_
and
@O_J_murphy91
team 🏆
Back-to-back wins in the
@Coral
Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase for trainer
@CWilliamsRacing
as Kitty's Light improves on last year's runner-up effort to win in great style, with the seven-year-old powering home to score under
@jacktudor9
🏆
A magic performance from Sabrina to win the
@Coral
Racing Club Seafield Trophy Mares' Handicap Hurdle
A treble for the
@PFNicholls
&
@CobdenHarry
partnership!
What an absolutely glorious day, not a cloud in the sky!☀️ Who do you think will take victory in the 2019 William Hill Ayr Gold Cup?🏆🏇 Not long now!!! Gates 11am!🎉
Following recent outbreak of Equine Flu we have carried out intense level 2 cleaning
@ayrracecourse
of all 176 stables, vets boxes, saddle boxes, tack boxes stable equipment and parade ring before entries on Tuesday 19th February for our next meeting on Monday 25th February.
Baby Ticker rallies when it matters most in an exciting finish to the Every Race Live On
@RacingTV
Handicap Hurdle.
Congratulations to trainer Donald Whillans and jockey Connor Wood
Our grounds staff certainly had their porridge this morning! For the last 7 hours they have been rolling 2 1/2 miles of fleece to cover the chase and hurdle courses ahead of Tuesday! Our 15 strong squad have also put 1,500 sand bags in place to ensure the fleece does its job! 🐎
Ayr Racecourse has been awarded an additional fixture for Friday 22nd December and Christmas has come early as we are making this fixture FREE for everyone! 🏇🎄
🥳COMPETITION🥳
We're giving away 2 spaces at our Cheltenham Preview Night
@westernhouseayr
on Fri 6 March to one lucky winner!
TO WIN
Retweet & like this tweet 👍🏼🔁
T&Cs apply, comp closes Fri 14/02/20 @ midnight
GO GO GO!
#Competition
#Giveaway
We are so excited to announce that X Factor winner
@BenHaenow
will be here at
@ayrracecourse
on Saturday 11th August for our
@officialQTS
Ladies Night! Ben will be will part of our fantastic PR Stage lineup performing throughout the night!
Wakool brings up the hat-trick in fine style, cantering clear for a dominant success in the Golf Inn Prestwick Handicap Hurdle under the guidance of
@CoFarrell20
for trainer
@kinneston
🏆👏
3 days, 24 races, the best horses, the top trainers, the finest jockeys and an unbelievable crowd! 🏇
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped us make history at the 2018 William Hill Ayr Gold Cup! 🏆
Hat-trick hero! ⭐
Call Me Ginger pounces late over on the far-side to land the
@VirginBet
Ayr Bronze Cup Handicap for local trainer
@JimGoldieRacing
, with
@PMulrennan
doing the steering 🏆
What a jump at the last! Glittering Love brings up the hat-trick over fences in the Book Tickets At Chase. Congratulations to trainer Nicky Richards and jockey Brian Hughes 👏
We’d like to thank the trainers and jockeys who took time out to praise us for the efforts we put in to try to get racing on today. Unfortunately despite these efforts we failed to beat Jack Frost, but we gave it our best shot!
What a finish!
Barely anything between them but in the end it's Kodimoor who just holds on to deny a battling Retirement Beckons to take the spoils for
@mwalfordracing
👏👏
We have 64 entries for
@Coral
Scottish Grand National including last week’s
@CheltenhamRaces
winners
@suesmithracing
’s Vintage Clouds and Galvin trained by Ian Ferguson
@NGRichards
Takingrisks winner of the race in 2019 is also among the entries as is Denise Foster’s Escaria Ten
Thriller!
Plenty of chances in the final furlong of the
@ScottishSun
Ladies Night Handicap but it's Classy Al who ultimately comes out on top, edging ahead close home to score for the
@PMulrennan
and
@JimGoldieRacing
combination 👏
It's Remembrance Sunday and as a mark of respect one of
@ayrracecourse
most famous fences - the first in the back straight was adorned with poppies. Racehorse Peter's Grey was intrigued...
What a morning it is here
@ayrracecourse
! The sun is shining and we cannot wait to kick start the
@Coral
Scottish Grand National Festival and open the gates on Ladies Day! 🐎☀️
Strong Economy is not to be denied in our feature, the
@RacingTV
HD On Sky 426 Handicap Chase.
Part-owned by Barry MacDonald, this is very poignant after his untimely death last week. Barry was one of our racecourse directors and our thoughts are with all the MacDonald family
We couldn’t resist going to say hello to super cute Tommy from
@RHBloodstock
who has travelled here to
@ayrracecourse
as companion for
@Coral
Scottish Grand National hopeful Chic Name!
A 1 - 2 for Scotland in the
@Coral
Scottish Grand National! 🏴
The
@lucindavrussell
trained Mighty Thunder outstays them all to land the prestigious prize under
@tommyscu
⚡🏆
We are thrilled to announce that on Mon 5 April tickets will be released for fixtures between June & Dec 2021. That includes Ladies Night and the Ayr Gold Cup!🥳
Set your alarms as Monday is going to be an exciting day! Full details to follow, so keep your eyes peeled! 👀
👏 What a thrilling finish to the Winter Breaks At Western House Hotel Novices' Handicap Chase
The
@tflacey
-trained Dorking Boy makes the long trip north of the border a winning one under Stan Sheppard
Operation Overlord scores a double for the
@lucindavrussell
team after landing the Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle in the hands of Derek Fox 👏
Miss Aloud fends off Aurora Thunder to land today's opening contest for
@gelliott_racing
, awarding
@dickyjohnson77
with his 106th winner of this campaign
👏👏
Can Vicente become the first horse in more than 100 years to win three consecutive
@Coral
Scottish Grand Nationals
@ayrracecourse
on April 21 for
@PFNicholls
&
@samtwiston
? He is one of 78 entries announced today for the £215,000 race.
CONGRATULATIONS to
@lucindavrussell
on winning a second Grand National in 6 years with CORACH RAMBLER 🏴
Well done to all connections and a brilliant ride from
@DerekFoxJockey
after his previous success on Lucinda's One For Arthur 👏👏👏🏇
Eight course wins for track specialist Tommy G, with the popular nine-year-old asserting in the closing stages under
@TomMarquand
to land the Signsafe Traffic Handicap for trainer
@JimGoldieRacing
👏
2024 is off to a flyer for
@crawford_bros
! 👏
Joshua Des Flos has no problem justifying short-priced favouritism in the Quiz Night At Golf Inn Prestwick Maiden Hurdle.
That's a treble on the day for the trainer and a double for jockey
@Dazjacob10
.
It's an easy win in the opener here for Getaway Trump, who cruises to victory in the Stagecoach West Scotland Novices' Hurdle with Harry Cobden on board for Paul Nicholls 🙌
Racing today has been abandoned after temperatures failed to rise above freezing at the track. Frost covers had been laid on Monday and were lifted this morning but with temperatures still at 0c the meeting was called off
2017 Grand National winner One For Arthur delighted trainer
@lucindavrussell
earlier today when he schooled after racing here
@ayrracecourse
. Ridden by his regular jockey Derek Fox One For Arthur jumped nine fences alongside two stablemates!
We are delighted to say that Ayr Racecourse won Sports Venue of the Year at the Scottish Hospitality Awards 2023 held last night.
We are also proud to announce Western House Hotel won most Romantic Hotel of the Year.
Well done to all for making it happen!