Ayr is a dual purpose track a short distance from Ayr town centre.

Ayr hosts race meetings every month of the year. The biggest jump race at the course is the Scottish Grand National, held in April and on the flat the highlight is the Ayr Gold Cup, held in September.

2007 saw the courses centenary.

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Course Characteristics:

Ayr is an oval track with chutes on both the home and back straights. Races up to 6 furlongs are run on the straight track. The track is about 1½ miles round and is generally level. It is a left handed (anti-clockwise) track. The jump track is inside the flat track.

Ayr is considered a fair course with only a few gentle undulations and the long four furlong run-in allows for some exciting finishes with strong galloping types favoured.

Draw bias: when the going is soft or heavy then a low draw can be an advantage in sprint races with large fields. 

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Admission (2011 Prices):

Ayr has quite a complex pricing structure.

At some meetings it is possible to have "value" admission for £7 (£15 club). Other meetings have a single enclosure £15.

Most other meetings have a dual enclosure with Grandstand £15 / £16 or Club £21 / £24.

Some premier fixtures are more expensive. Most notably Ladies Day £22 single enclosure, Saints and Sinners night £23 single enclosure.

For the Scottish National meeting it is £16 Friday, £19 Saturday or £30 two day for Grandstand or £26, £40, £57 respectively for Club.

For the Gold Cup meeting Grandstand is £15 (Thu), £16 (Fri) and £19 (Sat), whilst Club is £23 (Thu), £26 (Fri) and £40 (Sat)

Annual membership: Club £260, Grandstand Full £170, Jumps £75, Flat £112 (Reductions available for seniors)

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