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Ayr Race Track: Vanguard of Scottish Pride!
 Ayr Race Track is Scotland 's only Grade One race track. Ayr Race Track is situated near the scenic Ayrshire coastline on the west coast of Scotland. Located on Whitletts Road , Ayr Race track is close to the centre of Ayr town and is famous for its golf and Robert Burns pilgrims.
Ayr Race track stages both jump and flat racing including Scotland's most prestigious jump race, the Scottish National in April. Other notable races conducted at Ayr Race Track are the Scottish Derby in July and the highly-competitive Ayr Gold Cup in September.
The Ayr Gold Cup is run at the Western Meeting in September and is considered one of the most competitive sprints in the UK flat racing calendar. The Ayr Gold Club Festival prize money hit the £500,000 mark in 2007.
Ayr Race track typically holds about 28 days of live racing each year.
Ayr Race track boasts of a wide and relatively flat track. The race track is a left-handed oval of around 1 mile 4 furlongs. There is a 210-yard run-in. Ayr Race track boasts of one of the fastest race tracks in Britain.
Ayr Race track replaced an earlier track that was at Race track Road. The present race track also hosts a car boot sale and market every Sunday except when it conflicts with race fixtures.
Ayr Race Track History
- In 1777, t he first official meeting in Ayr was recorded in the Racing Calendar.
- In 1804, the Ayr Gold Cup was first run at the original site of Ayr Race Track. Chancellor won the inaugural race.
- In 1805, Chancellor again won in the second running of the Ayr Gold Cup.
- In 1907, the race track moved a short distance to its current location.
- In 1950, the jump racing track was introduced at Ayr Race track.
- In 1966, the Scottish National was first at Ayr Race track, after the race track at Bogside was closed.
- In 2003, Ayr Race track was handed to a new management. A £35 million redevelopment is now in the works to further enhance Ayr Race track's stature in the world horse racing scene.
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