MUSSELBURGH Racecourse will hold the first of four August meetings: tomorrow’s Thistle Timber Friday Night at the Races, 4 August.
The feature race in the six card meeting is the five furlong £20,000 Thistle TBS – Taylor Maxwell Timber Handicap, with five £7,000 races completing the £55,000 evening competition.
Friday Night at the Races sets the tone for Musselburgh’s premier event of the year on Friday 11 August – Stobo Castle Ladies Day which is recognised as one of Scotland’s most glamourous summer events.
The top prize for the day’s best racegoer is an invitation to visit The Pommery Champagne Vineyard and cellars in the centre of Reims (France) for two nights, £1,500 spending money and £250 worth of both Powder Design UK and River Island vouchers.
The East Lothian course finishes August on a high point with back-to-back meetings on 29 and 30 August: the first is a Tuesday evening meeting with gates opening at 4pm, while the Wednesday raceday is in the afternoon with gates openinig at noon.
Celebrity DJ and JLS band member Marvin Humes will play a special set at the Stobo Castle Ladies Day After Party and he said: “I’ll be playing a mix of chart-toppers, classics, and some surprises to keep the crowd entertained from start to finish.”
Gates open tomorrow at 4.30pm and the first race is off at 6.10pm – a £2 discount on the race day £25 admission price is available for racegoers who book before midnight today, 3 August.
