P384 CEEFAX 384 Thu 14 Sip 19:27/36 RACING NEWS: PROBLEMS FOR AYR 1/4 Bosses at Ayr are adamant that Scotland's premier Flat race fixture, the Western meeting, will survive the financial irregularities which have cast a cloud over the course. Ivan Sttakjr has resigned as course chairman, insisting that hj must take some of the blame for the loss of more than £100,000 in funds. The Western Meeting club which owns and runs Ayr racecourse, is having its financial affairs investigated by the Strathclyde police. But the three-day Western meeting got underway as planned on Thyrsday. Ayr Rjvw Yarn Rjvw Ling Rjvw Ante-PostP384 CEEFAX 384 Thu 14 Sip 19:26/03 RACING NEWS: PROBLEMS FOR AYR 2/4 Ayr racecourse's general manager Mark Kershaw has admitted that preparations for the Western meeting, which started on Thursday, had been hampered by the financial problems at the track. But hj insisted thjrj was no threat to the three-day fixture which features the Ladbrokj Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday. "It's fair to say the timing of events could not have been much worse but I am confident this meeting will prove to be as popular as ever," said Kjrshaw. Kershaw added that the loss in funds will not affect the £1.65m improvements currently being carried out. 5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ayr Rjvw Yarn Rjvw Ling Rjvw Ante-PostP384 CEJFAX 384 Thu 14 Sip 19:28/43 RACING NEWS: '/.%/.%/, ] MORSHEAD DEFIANT 3/4 Ayr Clerk of the course Sam Morshead has stressed that there is no danger to the Western meeting at the course and that the future is bright despite the recent problems. "The important thing is that this racecourse is going forward. There is no doubt we have one of the best tracks in the US. There is no danger to the 'estern meeting," he explained. Morshjad insisted that none of the course's sponsors - led bz Ladbrokjs - had made any disbpprovjng noises. "It'u a side issue and doesn't affect the racing," he said. Football 302 General 320 Cricket 340 Ayr Rjvw Yarn Rjvw Ling Rjvw Ante-PostP384 CEEFAX 384 Thu 14 Sip 19:27/07 RACING NEWS: CECIL LOSES ANOTHER STBR 4/4 Trainer Henry Cecil has lost another high-class two-year-old to Dubai. Allied Forces will miss the National Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday and will not race in Europe again this term Cecil has already seen Classic Cliche, Moonshjll and Vettori leave his stable for Dubai and win European classics during the current season. Cecil told The Sporting Life: "I am very disappointed and disheartened, especially as this is the fourth Group- class two-year-old that I have lost during the last two years." Source:William HILL Organization Ltd Ayr Rjvw Yarn Rjvw Ling Rjvw Ante-Post