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Musselburgh’s Premier meeting has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

The seven-race card had been set to feature the valuable £100,000 Virgin Bet Queen's Cup but following a further 3mm of rain in the early hours of the morning, the track has become waterlogged in places.

Musselburgh's general manager Bill Farnsworth said on social media: "Unfortunately racing today has been abandoned. We had 15mm of rain yesterday and we had a further just over 3mm this morning.

"The ground is very wet; it has been an incredibly wet winter. Normally Musselburgh would take this rain no problem but just because it is so wet, and the water table is very high it hasn't taken it so well and the ground is saturated in places.

"Next to the running rail the ground is just soft and fine but just a few strides away from that line it is much softer, and we would regard it as unfit for racing, it is saturated.

"The most important thing is we put the safety of the jockeys and horses first. We'll be back another day, it's not the end of the world but it is very disappointing."