200912 Ayr Gold cup update

Ayr has been abandoned today - what hope for Saturday as more rain is forecast tomorrow - the draw was made today for the gold cup and the racing post is hooting that Our Jonathan has got the plum draw in the 12 box - "was trimmed to within a point of favouritism with the sponsors to post back-to-back wins in Saturday's William Hill Ayr Gold Cup after a seemingly beneficial draw in stall 12 for the big sprint.

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The Kevin Ryan-trained five-year-old raced from the same stall when winning by two lengths last year and he is now an 11-1 chance to repeat those exploits.

Connections of the runners drawn out early showed a preference for high stall numbers with the favourite Hawkeyethenoo left to race from stall three as the last of the 27 runners to be drawn.

No horse has won the race from a single-figure draw since Fonthill Road in 2006 with Our Jonathan the lowest drawn of the winners since when he was victorious 12 months ago.

Sholaan was cut to 12-1 (from 14) despite having to race from stall two while Maarek (stall 13) and Waffle (stall 15) are both now rated 14-1 chances with the sponsors.

here is a screen shot from the Visual Form book of last years race  - click to enlarge