Extra Saturday race day bonus for Musselburgh
Musselburgh Racecourse has been granted an extra fixture this Saturday, February 11, after it was forced to abandon last weekend’s £90,000 feature jumps meeting due to frost.
The East Lothian track will rerun its John Smith’s Scottish Cheltenham Trials meeting after the British Horseracing Authority approved an application to hold an extra fixture.
The John Smith’s race day is Musselburgh’s feature jumps meeting of the season and the second richest National Hunt fixture in Scotland. It is recognised as an important prep meeting for many stables before deciding which horses will go on to compete at the major spring festivals.
Musselburgh Racecourse general manager, Bill Farnsworth, said: “We are delighted to get the green light from the BHA to stage this extra fixture and this decision will be welcomed across the racing industry.
“With numerous fixtures being disrupted across the country there is dire lack of opportunities for trainers and owners to field their favoured horses for Cheltenham and Aintree. I am sure this will be reflected in the quality and number of entries we receive for Saturday’s meeting which will provide the ideal preperation for many horses destined for greater things.”
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
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