Proud Scotsman Jim Goldie has his heart set on ending 38 years of hurt for the country of his birth when he saddles Jack Dexter and Hawkeyethenoo in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday.

A hastily-arranged Class Two handicap at Kempton is not the sort of race Angel’s Pursuit is accustomed to competing in, but the chestnut’s class came to the fore in the day’s feature.