Gordon Brown – Race Reporter
Gordon has a wealth of experience of racing through his background in the written and broadcast media. His current principle role is reporting and supporting the scene in Scotland on Racing TV and relaying the latest news with Scottish angles.
Pol Roger is after his third course win of the season in the £30,000 1m 2f feature race on the opening day of the Ayr Gold Cup festival.
Having gained back-to-back course and distance strikes in May, Michael Dods’ Darlington raider is in the line-up for a competitive-Looking Livescore Bet Kilkerran Handicap.
“He’s really come back to form this year and Ayr seem to suit him as he’s also been second there three times during the summer,” said Pol Roger’s regular jockey Connor Beasley.
Franny Norton, who hangs up his saddle on Saturday, makes his final visit to Ayr and recent Chester winner Aviemore is the last of his four mounts.
The Liverpudlian, who won the 2011 Ayr Gold Cup aboard Our Jonathan, has ridden 25 winners in total at the west of Scotland track.
The other feature race is the British Stallion Studs Scottish Premier Series EBF Fillies’ Handicap.
Handicap debutant Queen Of Soldiers, a E380,000 yearling trained in Newmarket by Michael Bell, is one of the most interesting contenders.