Though one may not be able to avail of a free lunch there certainly will be free racing at Musselburg on Monday the 17th of September.
In a combined venture with the on-course bookmakers who are backing the move, the East Lothian race course would be offering all people free entrance on the race day. The town expects to see a terrific crowd particularly as this falls on the conventional Edinburgh September Weekend holiday. A person can avail of only two tickets and they have to be booked earlier via the Internet and early birds will be the lucky ones.
The booking in advance will end at 12 0’clock midnight or whenever the tickets are completely finished.
Karen Taylor the Musselburgh Race Course Manager stated that this was a double “Thank You” from the bookmakers as well as the racecourse to the people who have been regularly attending the races come rain or shine or hail. She happen to remark that the September Weekend is one when by convention all the people go out and enjoy for the last time before the cold sets in they expect that there would be a really big crowd of people who will be really thrilled to get away to Musselburgh for a half day of racing totally free of cost.
The racecourse is also pumping in a sum to the tune of 100,000 pounds to enhance the protection for the jockeys as well as the horses that will be racing in the tracks of the National Hunt jumps.
The installation of the 12 X 70 meter fibre-sand strip that comes after the winning post will be started soon and the premier racecourse in the UK to incorporate amalgamated material with a turf track would be Musselburgh.
The portion of the track that is being substituted has been undergoing a lot of wear and tear during the course of the season of winter jumps and this subsequently has be the reason why the ground has turned loose and poses hidden dangers for the horse as well as the rider.
Musselburgh has been urged by the British Horseracing Authority to go about doing the required alterations and their efforts to improve matters have been unequivocally supported by the trainers and jockeys.
The General Manager of the Musselburgh Racecourse, Bill Farnsworth remarked that particular portion of the track had been a point of anxiety for some years, and that was the reason they were doing something ahead of the season of the National Hunt, which is scheduled for the 8th of November.
He mentioned that by getting the turf replaced with a mixture of fibre and sand the chances of slipping would be far less, and it would also reduce possibilities of either the jockey or the horse being injured. He added that this was the first occasion that this technique has been given a trial on a racecourse in the UK and that it was integral part of their pledge to go no looking at enhancements to the situations and infrastructure at Musselburgh ensuring that the racecourse will head the game in an extremely aggressive market.
