Saturday's Ayr Gold Cup card has been abandoned.

Course officials took the early decision on Friday morning after a waterlogged area of the track had not shown the required improvement overnight and more rain is forecast.

When Friday's card was called off shortly after 7pm on Thursday, an inspection was called for noon on Friday to assess conditions ahead of the big meeting, but that was brought forward.

As a result, it means the whole three-day fixture on the west coast of Scotland has been called off.

The meeting was due to open on Thursday, but a patch of waterlogged ground forced officials to abandon what should have been the first of three days of action at the venue.

Hopes had been high that the course would be fit for action on Friday with an 8am inspection planned, but clerk of the course Graeme Anderson reports conditions have not improved sufficiently to race.

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