Racing is off at Musselburgh this week

Musselburgh Racecourse has told us they have decided to abandon Thursday’s race meeting due to a waterlogged track.

Following heavy ground at the first flat meeting of the season on Easter Saturday, they say that 22mm of rain has fallen in the last 24 hours and a further 25mm is forecast up to the Thursday meeting.

Musselburgh Racecourse chief executive, Bill Farnsworth, said: “We have done our best to repair damage to the track following heavy going on Saturday but the saturated ground is unraceable and with a period of sustained heavy rain forecast, we have reluctantly taken the decision to abandon the meeting.

“In light of the many abandonments over the Easter weekend, I believe we were lucky to race on Saturday. The forecasters say there will be heatwave at the end of the month and we are looking forward to it before our next scheduled race meetings on May 3 and 4.”