MUSSELBURGH is the Cheltenham of trotting and, like the great Cotswold fixture, it relies heavily on the Irish raiders to brighten up the proceedings. The meeting, which began in 1894, has suffered in recent years due to track renovations, clashes with other fixtures and a general downturn in British trotting.
However, Jim Kemp and Craig Stevenson and their hard working committee still managed to serve up nine good races last Saturday and 13 more on the Sunday. Well known thoroughbred commentator Darren Owen gave the event some gravitas and it was nice to see silver-tongued Dublin man Thomas Bennett doing the paddock interviews.
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