CROWDS ON THE RISE AT AYR
AYR ATTENDANCES ON THE INCREASE
ATTENDANCES at Ayr Racecourse rose during the 2007 flat season by 7% with an average of 3,934 per meeting.
The flagship flat meeting of the season, the totesport Ayr Gold Cup Festival, recorded its highest three day attendance (22,000) for more than 30 years.
Other successes were the June Saturday meeting with an increase of around 30% to 6,500 and the July Family Day which rose by around 10 % to just under 4,000.
The 2008 season promises even bigger attendances with Ayr hosting the Saints and Sinners Charity Night next June for the first time. Organisers have moved the meeting from Hamilton in a bid to increase crowd figures and raise even more money for charity.
Scotland's premier racecourse has seen an upturn in fortunes since it was bought by Ayrshire businessmen Alan Macdonald and Richard Johnstone in June 2003 and the latest attendance figures are another major step forward.
The new owners have already invested more than £20 million in the course and that will be increased over the winter with a new £3.5 million Sports Bar being built in the Grand Stand in addition to a new Owners' Bar catering for owners, trainers and premium rate members.
Ayr Racecourse General Manager William Gorol said : "These figures are a huge boost to us all at Ayr. We are striving to give the best possible deal to racegeoers in terms of quality of racing and quality of the facilities and these figures show we are getting the message across."
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FIRST FLAT MEETING OF SEASON ON MAY 21
FIRST FLAT MEETING OF SEASON AT AYR
AYR Racecourse holds its first flat
meeting of the year on Wednesday May 21 with a seven race card
coming under starter's orders at 2.00 pm.
First race is the
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RACECOURSE PLANS APPROVED BY SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
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AMBITIOUS plans to turn Ayr
Racecourse into not only one of the top racecourses
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NEW SPONSOR CONFIRMED FOR AYR GOLD CUP
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JOHN Smith's is to sponsor the
Ayr Gold Cup Festival, Scotland&
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TOP CORAL NATIONAL CROWD FOR 30 YEARS
CORAL SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL ATTENDANCES HIT RECORD HIGH
OFFICIAL attendance figures for the
2008 Coral Scottish Grand National Festival at Ayr Racecourse were
the highest for more than 30 years.[IMG
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