Ayr Gold Cup results LIVE as Northern Ticker favourite for the big one on Scotland's richest raceday

Scotland’s racing fans are pouring into Ayr for a Saturday spectacular which highlights a stunning three-day Festival at the track.

The Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup last year was sensational with trainer Karl Burke landing a 1-2-3 headed by Lethal Levi.

The main event of the entire Scottish flat racing season is worth £180,000 this year and a stellar field is once again heading to post.

However, it’s not just about the biggest contest on a fantastic day of action with seven other key races to supplement the Gold Cup.

Scotland’s only Group race, the Group 3 Ladbrokes Firth Of Clyde Fillies’ Stakes is always an exciting spectacle as is the Listed Ladbrokes Doonside Cup with The Ladbrokes Ayr Silver Cup another of the day’s highlights.

Record Sport will be on hand through the day to keep you posted with the news, interviews, key tips and results.

Kilmarnock girl Lauren Young is aiming to make a little bit of history at Ayr. Jim Goldie’s young jockey was a hero a week ago when steering the trainer’s Eternal Sunshine to success in the Portland at Doncaster. The seven-pound claimer now gets a crack on Jordan Electrics, who finished fifth in the Ayr Gold Cup last year. Young could become the first female rider to win the race and, at the same time, provide Scotland with a first win in the big race for half a century.

There's a new favourite for the big one. Northern Ticker has been strong in the market through the days leading up to the big race with Michael Dods and Paul Mulrennan looking to win the Ayr Gold Cup for the first time, but, this morning, the move has come for Purosangue. Now top of the market with champion jockey Oisin Murphy, who burst onto the scene when winning this race a dozen years ago aboard Highland Colori, in