Border heads Gold Cup weights

Robin Bastiman’s dual Nunthorpe Stakes hero Borderlescott has been handed top weight of 10st 4lb in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup on September 19.

The popular seven-year-old would have to shoulder the welter burden if the Wetherby handler decided to let his charge attempt to go one better than in 2006 when he carried 9st 10lb in defeat behind Fonthill Road.