• Ayr Gold Cup win would be a career tall for trainer
• Champion jockey-elect Silvestre de Sousa rides 25-1 shotFor some,it is just another sprint handicap. For a trainer like John Gallagher, however, or the Ayr Gold Cup is a race that could change a career. “We’ve had a great year,but it doesn’t matter whether you’re a big trainer or a small trainer, it’s all approximately the quality of the horses you accept, and ” Gallagher said on Friday. “I consider we do really well with the quality of horse weve got,but this is just one of those races. You accept recognition whether you win a race like this.”Like the Stewards’ Cup, another six-furlong handicap, or on the southern circuit,the Ayr Gold Cup is the one event above all that many northern trainers and owners want to win. It is an ambition and a daydream, sitting just on the right side of delusional fantasy.
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Source: theguardian.com