Tag: racing
Speedway – Bandits optimistic about this season
Berwick Bandits have confirmed that they will start the season in May with the same team that was due to track last summer.Their septet will be Aaron Summers, Jye Etheridge, Dany Gappmaier, Leon Flint,...
MSP encouraged by Musselburgh Racecourse’s Covid-19 safety measures
Musselburgh Racecourse is an “excellent example” of how businesses have adapted to protect customers against Covid-19, claims MSP Colin Beattie.
Mr Beattie, who represents Midlothian and Musselburgh North in the Scottish Parliament, visited the East...
Musselburgh Racecourse facing up to a year without spectators
Musselburgh Racecourse general manager, Bill Farnsworth, has admitted that the East Lothian track may go a full year without spectators.
Two attempts to stage pilot race meetings with up to 500 spectators in August and...
Musselburgh Awaits Green Light For Pilot Race Day With Spectators
Musselburgh Racecourse is ready to stage a pilot race meeting with spectators once it gets the green light from the Scottish Government.
The East Lothian course had hoped to gain approval for an initial event...
Musselburgh Racecourse prepares to race behind closed doors
Musselburgh Racecourse hopes to resume racing for the first time since February with back-to-back meetings behind-closed-doors on Tuesday 30 June and Wednesday 1 July 2020.
The East Lothian course has been allocated five provisional fixtures...
Musselburgh’s Stobo Castle Ladies Day cancelled for this year
New peak-summer August date announced for 2021 Ladies Day
Musselburgh Racecourse has cancelled Stobo Castle Ladies Day following confirmation by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) that all scheduled fixtures in May and June have been...
Musselburgh Racecourse issues refunds for May meetings
UK racing suspended until 1 June
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has extended the suspension of all UK racing which was introduced on 18 March in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
They have also...
Head for Musselburgh Racecourse this week for the Saltire Raceday
Celebrate the run up to St Andrew's Day with the excitement of jump racing. The next meeting is on 24 November 2016 with the first race at 12.55pm. Doors open at 11:00am allowing you...
Get on down to Cheltenham this spring
If there's one event featured on the horse racing calendar that is the largest, most anticipated or most enjoyed it simply has to be the Cheltenham Festival. Held over four days in mid-March at...
Get ready for Cheltenham in the spring
All eyes on Cheltenham
The annual Cheltenham Festival turns 155 next year, and already racegoers are looking forward to flocking to the course in Gloucestershire to witness one of the most prestigious events on the...
Musselburgh putting on the glitz for Ladies Day
Musselburgh Racecourse attracted its largest Edinburgh Cup attendance last Saturday with a total crowd of 6131, up by 1000 on last year.
Now the East Lothian course will consolidate that success and celebrate 10 years...
Racing – The Edinburgh Cup at Musselburgh
Combining the thrill of horse racing and capital celebrations, one of the most prestigious dates on the Scottish racing calendar, The Edinburgh Cup, is set to return for its fifth year at Musselburgh Racecourse...
Musselburgh Ladies Day partners with Stobo Castle for a beautiful day out
STOBO CASTLE LADIES DAY AT MUSSELBURGH RACECOURSE IS BACK CELEBRATING ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
After a decade of glitz, glamour and galloping, Ladies Day at Musselburgh Racecourse is set to sparkle once again as the Capital’s most...
Preview – Cheltenham Festival peak of horse racing year
Cheltenham preview
On Tuesday 11 March 2014 one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar will kick off, with the 2014 Cheltenham Festival set to thrill casual racing fans and hardcore followers alike. The...
Looking ahead to the Scottish Grand National this spring
It may be a while away yet but canny horse racing punters are already sizing up the likely odds for the Scottish Grand National, which will be held at Ayr on 11 and 12...
Musselburgh will be racing on Good Friday next year
Musselburgh Racecourse has been given the go-ahead to stage Good Friday turf racing for the first time in the UK.
The East Lothian course will host a £150,000 race day next April 18 in what...
Musselburgh Races today stages the Archerfield Cup
The £25,000 inaugural Archerfield Cup Class 2 handicap at Musselburgh today has pulled in a competitive field.
Run over 1m 6f, John Quinn's dual winner O Ma Lad which was last seen out in May...
Racing at Musselburgh on 3 February
Musselburgh Warms Up for John Smith’s Scottish Cheltenham Trials Day
Britain’s deep freeze conditions continues to cast an icy chill over the racing industry, meaning Musselburgh’s John Smith’s Scottish Cheltenham Trials next Sunday 3 February...
Musselburgh to inspect before Friday’s racing
Musselburgh will hold a precautionary inspection at ahead of tomorrow's Saltire 2012 Race Day.
Clerk of the Course, Harriet Graham, is confident that if the forecast of -2 degrees overnight and up to +4 degrees is...
Free racing at Musselburgh this September
Musselburgh Stages Free September Race Day and Plans National Hunt Track Improvements
There’s no such thing as a free lunch but there is a free race day at Musselburgh Racecourse on Monday September 17.
The East...
Racing – Musselburgh wins an award
Racecourse of the Year Award Makes Hat Trick for Musselburgh
Musselburgh Racecourse has been named Racecourse of the Year in the betting industry’s leading awards, making it a hat-trick of awards in the past year. The...
Peppa Pig trots along to Musselburgh Races
Peppa Pig will be on hand to help the Easter Weekend racing at Musselburgh get off to a great start.
Musselburgh Racecourse is going the eggstra furlong to make its annual Easter Sunday Family Race...
Musselburgh Races have a good turnout this weekend
Despite the prospect of Newbury going ahead and a bonus jumps card being staged at Kempton, Saturday's John Smith’s replacement Scottish Cheltenham Trials meeting at Musselburgh has attracted a highly competitive turnout.
A maximum field...
Musselburgh Racecourse is the best
Musselburgh Racecourse has pipped some of the UK’s leading tracks to win the Dual Purpose Award in the Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff of the Year Awards.
The awards recognise the hard work, planning and innovation...
Racing at Musselburgh today
Friday the 13th may be unlucky for some but leading jumps jockey Graham Lee will be hoping to add to his 1000th career defining winner after flying home on 8/1 winner Posh Bird at Catterick yesterday.
The Grand...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent calendar – Something for those who have everything – A...
Celebrate the Festive season in style at Musselburgh racecourse this season. Situated just 6 miles from Edinburgh city centre, this five star rated visitor attraction offers a unique location to celebrate Christmas racing fixtures...
Musselburgh goes flat out for record crowd on Ladies Day
It’s still seven months away but tickets for Scotland’s most popular racing event, Musselburgh Ladies Day, have gone on sale as the course announces a packed 2012 fixture list featuring 15 flat and 9...
Musselburgh Ladies Day this Friday
Musselburgh Racecourse is set to welcome its biggest gate of the year on Friday at its annual Ladies Day meeting
An estimated 8000 capacity crowd is expected at what has become Scotland’s most successful...
Easter Sunday Race Day at Musselburgh
Musselburgh Racecourse continues its tradition of throwing the largest Easter Sunday family event in East Lothian on April 24 with its Easter Sunday Race Day.
The event is part of a weekend double racing bill with...
Musselburgh Flat Season gets underway this Friday
Musselburgh Racecourse is preparing to welcome a near capacity crowd as it kicks off its Flat season on Friday 1 April 2011.
The gate will be buoyed with a free entry offer which saw 6000...