Ayr Gold Cup 2021 COMPLETE list of runners and riders, latest odds and best free bet offers

THE Ayr Gold Cup is Scotland’s richest Flat race and one of the biggest betting heats of the season.

The overall pot is £150,000, with the winner netting over £75,000 for connections.

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The Ayr Gold Cup is one of Scotland’s biggest races[/caption]

The value of the six furlong race attracts horses from some of England and Scotland’s top yards.

Great Ambassador won the Garrowby Stakes at York earlier this month and the four-year-old is 5-1 favourite for trainer Ed Walker.

Count D’Orsay was a rapid finishing third at Doncaster recently and could be worth a market check.

Scottish racing expert Jim Delahunt’s tips

Kevin Ryan has trained 4 of the last 14 winners of the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup and I’m backing the North Yorkshire based Irishman to score for a fifth time on Saturday with BIELSA.

The 6 year-old runs in the Leicester City colours of King Power Racing but he was named after the Leeds boss by owner-breeder Whites fan Steve Parkin and made the big money move to King Power last summer after 4 wins in 5 starts.

Bielsa had won 4 of his first 5 starts for Ryan and was left in the yard to start his climb up the sprinters’ league table but he still hasn’t won for his new owners despite some gallant efforts in defeat.

That could all change with the horse landing his first major trophy on Saturday after his excellent close-up 6th in last month’s Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood where the draw almost certainly killed his winning chance.

Ryan has given the horse 7 weeks off and he’ll be better off at the weights this weekend with all 4 of the horses which finished in front of him, including Gold Cup favourite Great Ambassador and Stewards’ Cup winner Commanche Falls.

There’s also course and distance form from April which sees Bielsa a whopping 19lbs better off with Commanche Falls for a two and a half lengths beating and that run at Ayr is another massive boost to his chances on Saturday.

Here, SunSport looks at the complete list of runners as it stands – and their latest odds.

Ayr Gold Cup 2021 betting

5-1 Great Ambassador (Richard Kingscote)

9-1 Popmaster (Hollie Doyle)

10-1 Commanche Falls (Connor Beasley)

10-1 Just Frank (Paul Mulrennan)

11-1 Summerghand (S. B. Kirrane)

12-1 Bielsa (Kevin Stott)

14-1 Gulliver (Jason Watson)

14-1 Pendleton (Clifford Lee)

14-1 Chiefofchiefs (Louis Steward)

16-1 Sunday Sovereign (Tom Eaves)

16-1 Ostilio (Billy Garrity)

20-1 Snazzy Jazzy (Laura Pearson)

20-1 Venturous (G. F. Carroll)

20-1 Fivethousandtoone (Graham Lee)

20-1 Mr Wagyu (Jason Hart)

20-1 Motagally (Paul Hanagan)

20-1 Above (Daniel Muscutt)

25-1 Edraak (Theodore Ladd)

25-1 Hey Jonesy (Megan Nicholls)

25-1 Lahore (Rowan Scott)

25-1 Count D’Orsay (David Allan)

33-1 Brad The Brief (Pierre-Louis Jamin)

33-1 Mr Lupton (Oisin McSweeney)

33-1 Volatile Analyst (Callum Rodriguez)

33-1 Lexington Dash (Joe Fanning)

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Ayr Gold Cup 2021 tips

SunSport tipster Templegate will bring you his tip before the race.

Great Ambassador finished third in the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood and remains well handicapped but he’s got very short for a race of this nature.

One to keep an eye on is Chiefofchiefs for Charlie Fellowes. He has been knocking on the door lately, likes the ground hard and is proven over 6f.

At double-figure prices he looks decent, especially with firms likely to offer juicy each-way terms.

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