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Ayr racecourse statistics

Every runner at Ayr in our archive since January 2005: who wins here, how favourites fare, the biggest-priced winners, the draw and the angles that have paid at SP.

Figures as at 20 Oct 2026, 13:58 · last meeting in our archive 08 Oct 2026

Covers 29 January 2005 – 21 October 2026

4,271races · 600 meetings
39,262runners · 18,495 horses
31.4%favourites won · 1,466 of 4,667Last 12 months: 32.9% (74 of 225)
200/1biggest-priced winner · Thistle Nil (IRE)

In brief

as at 20 Oct 2026

Ayr has staged 4,271 races over 600 meetings in our archive since January 2005, with 39,262 runners.

Favourites have won 31.4% of their runs here (1,466 from 4,667), a level-stakes P/L of −332.99 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Jim Goldie has the most winners here (311 from 2,904 runners, 10.7%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Fergal O'Brien has the best win rate: 36.1% (13 from 36).

Paul Mulrennan has the most winners here (168 from 1,177 rides, 14.3%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, J-P Guillambert has the best win rate: 28.9% (13 from 45).

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

5 angles here made a level-stakes profit at SP in both periods we test, on 100 or more runs.

Favourites and the market

by starting-price rank

Favourites have won 31.4% of their runs here (1,466 from 4,667), a level-stakes P/L of −332.99 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 4,667Won 1,466Win 31.4%£1 −332.99A/E 1.07
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 8,685Won 1,378Win 15.9%£1 −1,481.88A/E 0.96
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 12,070Won 1,010Win 8.4%£1 −1,748.50A/E 1.02
7th or biggerRuns 13,840Won 426Win 3.1%£1 −4,528.00A/E 0.90

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FlatRuns 2,869Won 808Win 28.2%£1 −349.91A/E 1.03
HurdleRuns 939Won 347Win 37.0%£1 −3.78A/E 1.13
ChaseRuns 684Won 248Win 36.3%£1 +37.33A/E 1.16
NH FlatRuns 175Won 63Win 36.0%£1 −16.63A/E 1.01

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 20Won 7Win 35.0%£1 +6.65A/E 1.25
Good to FirmRuns 692Won 230Win 33.2%£1 −27.75A/E 1.11
GoodRuns 1,316Won 379Win 28.8%£1 −134.19A/E 1.04
Good to SoftRuns 856Won 239Win 27.9%£1 −95.75A/E 1.02
SoftRuns 1,069Won 364Win 34.1%£1 −36.27A/E 1.11
HeavyRuns 714Won 247Win 34.6%£1 −45.68A/E 1.07

Favourites include joint favourites. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runs. Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation at SP. Favourite-heavy samples naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". £1 P/L is level stakes at SP.

Trainers

since 2005

Jim Goldie has the most winners here (311 from 2,904 runners, 10.7%). Among yards with 30 or more runners, Fergal O'Brien has the best win rate: 36.1% (13 from 36).

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Jim GoldieRuns 2,904Won 311Win 10.7%£1 −364.54A/E 1.02
Richard FaheyRuns 1,326Won 157Win 11.8%£1 −255.67A/E 0.96
Lucinda RussellRuns 1,241Won 154Win 12.4%£1 −306.45A/E 1.01
Nicky RichardsRuns 709Won 129Win 18.2%£1 −146.77A/E 1.00
Michael DodsRuns 1,074Won 119Win 11.1%£1 −143.17A/E 0.92
Keith DalgleishRuns 1,107Won 118Win 10.7%£1 −210.77A/E 1.01
Iain JardineRuns 918Won 103Win 11.2%£1 −230.70A/E 1.09
N W AlexanderRuns 755Won 99Win 13.1%£1 −57.66A/E 1.19
David O'MearaRuns 641Won 93Win 14.5%£1 −74.97A/E 1.03
Tim EasterbyRuns 801Won 87Win 10.9%£1 −76.48A/E 1.01

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer runners.

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Fergal O'BrienRuns 36Won 13Win 36.1%£1 +40.81A/E 1.74
Sir Mark Prescott BtRuns 61Won 22Win 36.1%£1 +11.53A/E 1.31
Archie WatsonRuns 63Won 19Win 30.2%£1 +32.75A/E 1.50
William HaggasRuns 76Won 21Win 27.6%£1 +4.94A/E 1.28
Roger VarianRuns 40Won 11Win 27.5%£1 +5.67A/E 1.37
Peter NivenRuns 38Won 10Win 26.3%£1 +34.88A/E 2.11
Gordon ElliottRuns 150Won 39Win 26.0%£1 −27.31A/E 1.18
Tom TateRuns 31Won 8Win 25.8%£1 −2.56A/E 1.28
Ann HamiltonRuns 32Won 8Win 25.0%£1 +23.25A/E 1.69
Dan SkeltonRuns 128Won 31Win 24.2%£1 +10.37A/E 1.24

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more runners here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Lisa HarrisonRuns 69Won 11Win 15.9%£1 +26.50A/E 2.11
Ian McInnesRuns 77Won 10Win 13.0%£1 +39.33A/E 1.73
Shaun HarrisRuns 73Won 10Win 13.7%£1 +14.50A/E 1.69
Andrew ParkerRuns 73Won 11Win 15.1%£1 +71.50A/E 1.68
J J LambeRuns 112Won 16Win 14.3%£1 +68.25A/E 1.66
William Young JnrRuns 83Won 10Win 12.0%£1 +3.88A/E 1.62
Ben HaslamRuns 60Won 10Win 16.7%£1 +11.70A/E 1.60
Donald WhillansRuns 230Won 36Win 15.7%£1 +99.91A/E 1.57
Archie WatsonRuns 63Won 19Win 30.2%£1 +32.75A/E 1.50
Marjorie FifeRuns 83Won 12Win 14.5%£1 +18.58A/E 1.45

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more runners at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runners.

Jockeys

since 2005

Paul Mulrennan has the most winners here (168 from 1,177 rides, 14.3%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, J-P Guillambert has the best win rate: 28.9% (13 from 45).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Paul MulrennanRuns 1,177Won 168Win 14.3%£1 −170.46A/E 1.09
Daniel TudhopeRuns 816Won 124Win 15.2%£1 −78.85A/E 1.07
Brian HughesRuns 742Won 116Win 15.6%£1 −139.85A/E 0.96
Graham LeeRuns 789Won 108Win 13.7%£1 −6.17A/E 1.14
Joe FanningRuns 785Won 104Win 13.2%£1 −193.43A/E 0.98
Paul HanaganRuns 660Won 92Win 13.9%£1 −96.53A/E 1.11
Tom EavesRuns 952Won 81Win 8.5%£1 −191.77A/E 0.96
Jason HartRuns 585Won 80Win 13.7%£1 +1.05A/E 1.11
Phillip MakinRuns 589Won 77Win 13.1%£1 +11.62A/E 1.12
David AllanRuns 654Won 77Win 11.8%£1 −149.13A/E 1.07

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer rides.

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
J-P GuillambertRuns 45Won 13Win 28.9%£1 +43.03A/E 2.01
R WalshRuns 53Won 14Win 26.4%£1 −5.83A/E 1.06
Jason MaguireRuns 131Won 34Win 26.0%£1 −15.77A/E 1.06
Oisin MurphyRuns 31Won 8Win 25.8%£1 +30.79A/E 1.48
Tony DobbinRuns 115Won 29Win 25.2%£1 −27.22A/E 1.06
James DoyleRuns 32Won 8Win 25.0%£1 +8.68A/E 1.50
Hollie DoyleRuns 55Won 13Win 23.6%£1 +14.61A/E 1.27
Sean BowenRuns 141Won 33Win 23.4%£1 +15.34A/E 1.19
A P HeskinRuns 35Won 8Win 22.9%£1 −10.22A/E 1.25
Daryl JacobRuns 84Won 19Win 22.6%£1 +2.83A/E 1.17

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more rides here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Oisin McSweeneyRuns 52Won 9Win 17.3%£1 −5.68A/E 1.74
Andrew BreslinRuns 111Won 14Win 12.6%£1 +31.52A/E 1.65
Julie BurkeRuns 60Won 7Win 11.7%£1 +15.50A/E 1.61
Ben SmithRuns 67Won 7Win 10.4%£1 −18.50A/E 1.53
Ross ChapmanRuns 133Won 21Win 15.8%£1 −14.69A/E 1.48
Jan FaltejsekRuns 55Won 6Win 10.9%£1 +17.41A/E 1.47
Callum WhillansRuns 113Won 15Win 13.3%£1 +47.00A/E 1.41
Sam Twiston-DaviesRuns 74Won 11Win 14.9%£1 +8.25A/E 1.38
Sean KirraneRuns 86Won 13Win 15.1%£1 −0.60A/E 1.36
Bruce LynnRuns 194Won 28Win 14.4%£1 +22.83A/E 1.34

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more rides at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 rides.

Course specialists

3+ wins here

Glasses Up (USA) has won here 12 times from 56 runs, more than any other horse since January 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since January 2005 was Thistle Nil (IRE) at 200/1 on 19 June 2026.

The draw

Flat, 8+ runners

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

Under 6f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 746Won 64Win 8.6%Place 28.4%A/E 1.04
Middle thirdRuns 845Won 91Win 10.8%Place 31.8%A/E 1.21
High thirdRuns 1,081Won 75Win 6.9%Place 22.3%A/E 0.81

6f – 7f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 2,674Won 227Win 8.5%Place 27.6%A/E 0.98
Middle thirdRuns 3,013Won 257Win 8.5%Place 25.8%A/E 1.01
High thirdRuns 3,893Won 334Win 8.6%Place 26.4%A/E 1.02

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 1,196Won 119Win 9.9%Place 28.3%A/E 1.02
Middle thirdRuns 1,345Won 120Win 8.9%Place 29.0%A/E 0.92
High thirdRuns 1,734Won 168Win 9.7%Place 28.7%A/E 1.05

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 686Won 60Win 8.7%Place 29.7%A/E 0.89
Middle thirdRuns 791Won 82Win 10.4%Place 28.8%A/E 1.03
High thirdRuns 997Won 103Win 10.3%Place 30.2%A/E 1.07

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 381Won 44Win 11.5%Place 29.9%A/E 1.15
Middle thirdRuns 444Won 41Win 9.2%Place 30.4%A/E 0.91
High thirdRuns 567Won 50Win 8.8%Place 28.2%A/E 0.96

2m1f – 2m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 35Won 4Win 11.4%Place 42.9%A/E 1.02
Middle thirdRuns 37Won 2Win 5.4%Place 21.6%A/E 0.60
High thirdRuns 49Won 6Win 12.2%Place 26.5%A/E 1.26

Stall number as a share of the field: low is the lowest third of the stalls. Flat races with 8 or more runners. Fair A/E near 1.00 means the market had already priced the draw in.

Angles that have paid

at SP, two periods

Past results at starting price, not a forecast. Each angle made a £1 level-stakes profit in both periods (Jan 2005 – Sep 2021, and since Oct 2021), with at least 100 SP-priced runs and 10 winners in all, and is still in profit with its single biggest winner taken out. The same on every view of this page.

  • Tim Easterby, ridden by Duran Fentiman+51.3% ROI · +54.90 pts from 107 runs · 11 winners (10.3%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +62.9% on 65 · Since Oct 2021: +33.3% on 42 · without the biggest winner (40/1): +13.90 pts
  • Runners trained by Donald Whillans+43.4% ROI · +99.91 pts from 230 runs · 36 winners (15.7%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +47.0% on 132 · Since Oct 2021: +38.7% on 98 · without the biggest winner (50/1): +48.91 pts
  • Rides by Duran Fentiman+34.7% ROI · +84.65 pts from 244 runs · 22 winners (9.0%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +31.6% on 198 · Since Oct 2021: +47.8% on 46 · without the biggest winner (40/1): +43.65 pts
  • Runners by Shantou (USA) (sire)+26.3% ROI · +30.28 pts from 115 runs · 21 winners (18.3%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +59.3% on 46 · Since Oct 2021: +4.3% on 69 · without the biggest winner (22/1): +7.28 pts
  • Runners trained by Adrian Paul Keatley+17.4% ROI · +32.58 pts from 187 runs · 34 winners (18.2%)Jan 2005 – Sep 2021: +19.4% on 107 · Since Oct 2021: +14.8% on 80 · without the biggest winner (28/1): +3.58 pts

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Ayr?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,466 of 4,667 runs at Ayr since January 2005 — 31.4%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −332.99 points at SP (as at 20 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Ayr?

Jim Goldie, with 311 winners from 2,904 runners (10.7%) since January 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Ayr?

Paul Mulrennan, with 168 winners from 1,177 rides (14.3%) since January 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Ayr?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since January 2005, Fergal O'Brien has the best win rate: 36.1% (13 from 36).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Ayr?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since January 2005, J-P Guillambert has the best win rate: 28.9% (13 from 45).

Which horses have won most at Ayr?

The leading course winners since January 2005: Glasses Up (USA) (12 from 56), Redarna (GB) (9 from 19), Ardera Cross (IRE) (9 from 40).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Ayr?

Thistle Nil (IRE) at 200/1 on 19 June 2026 in the Magners Original Cider Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) — the biggest starting price among Ayr winners since January 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Ayr?

No trip at Ayr shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on samples of 100 or more runs each, in Flat races of 8 or more runners since January 2005.

About Ayr

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Whitletts Road, Ayr, on the Ayrshire coast — Flat and jumps, turf.
  • Flat: A left-handed, galloping oval with a straight course for 5f and 6f; longer trips join the round course and a long, gently rising home straight.
  • Jumps: Left-handed and galloping, with fair fences and long bends; the run-in rises to the line.

Going and the seasons

  • September: The Western Meeting races on anything from good to heavy; the coastal wind can change how the straight rides during a card.
  • Winter: The jumps fixtures from November to March are most often soft or heavy.
  • April: The Scottish Grand National meeting is usually run on soft or good to soft ground.

Signature races and fixtures

  • September: The Ayr Gold Cup (6f handicap, with the Silver and Bronze Cups) at the Western Meeting.
  • April: The Scottish Grand National (about 4m handicap chase) and the Scottish Champion Hurdle (2m handicap) over the two-day spring meeting.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: By rail to Ayr from Glasgow Central and a walk or a shuttle bus on big days; parking on the course.
  • Viewing: The straight course is seen in full from the main stands; the far side of the round course is on the big screens.

These notes are written and checked by KTB (last checked October 2026); the statistics above are computed from our results archive. Check the course's own site for fixtures, going and travel before you go.