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Ayr set for another great Gold Cup Festival

Top prizes at totesport Ayr Gold Cup Festival

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Maximum Entry For Ayr Gold And Silver Cups
12/09/05

A massive 112 horses stood their ground yesterday at the five day declaration stage for Saturday’s £120,000 totesport Ayr Gold Cup.
 
So its virtually certain a maximum 28 runners will line up in both the Gold Cup and Friday’s totesport Ayr Silver Cup open to the 28 horses highest in the weights which are balloted out of the big race.
 
All the fancied horses stood their ground including ante post favourite Dandy Nicholl’s Ice Planet  (8/1) and Dandy, who has won four of the last five Gold Cups, has 2001 winner Continent and Funfair Wane, successful in 2002 and 2004 among the entries.
 
Irish trainer Liam McAteer will definitely run his five year old gelding Majestic Times as low as 16/1 with leading bookmakers and the Scottish contingent is headed by Chookie Heeton from Ian Semple’s yard, Jim Goldie’s Orientor and River Falcon and Linda Perratt’s three year-old Dance Night.
 
Ayr Clerk of the Course Anthea Morshead said yesterday :”We watered the back straight on Sunday and are doing the same with the home straight today (Monday). Very little rain is forecast between now and Thursday when we expect blustery showers.”
 
It was also reported that advance ticket sales for the three days have surpassed last year’s and its expected more than 30,000 will attend the three day festival meeting.