Huge anticipation for Ayr Gold Cup 2008

Ayr Gold Cup odds reflect the open nature of the race as the massive field of classy handicappers charge down the six furlong straight course.

Friday sees the rehearsal for the following day's Ayr Gold Cup 2008, when those balloted out of the main event get their chance in the consolation race, the Silver Cup. The race also offers a significant indication as to the best side to be drawn and very often the Ayr Gold Cup odds and the whole betting market can change rapidly after the Silver Cup has drawn to a conclusion.

Ayr Gold Cup betting starts early

Some weeks before the Ayr Gold Cup 2008 is run, the ante-post Ayr Gold Cup betting began in earnest.

Many punters like to follow trends, and trainer Dandy Nicholls has landed masses of bets for his legions of admirers in wining the race four times in the last eight runnings! The Thirsk-based handler clearly makes a point of targeting the race and the Ayr Gold Cup odds on his preferred representatives are always worth noting. Another trainer, Richard Hannon, has also been on the mark twice in the last 11 years.

Big Ayr Gold Cup odds are not unusual

It's not at all unusual for the Ayr Gold Cup odds to provide one of the most open betting markets of the whole racing calendar. Indeed, 7/1 the field is perfectly possible if there is no outstanding candidate and very often a host of horses enter the Ayr Gold Cup betting with a solid chance on the formbook.

No favourite has won since the mighty Coastal Bluff defied the numerical odds to defeat 29 rivals at odds of 3/1 and landed a massive nationwide betting coup in 1996. Coastal Bluff apart, all the winners in the last 20 years have been at double-figure prices, with Joveworth (50/1 in 1987) being the longest Ayr Gold Cup odds in recent memory.

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