AT THE official launch of Musselburgh Ladies Day yesterday, the East Lothian course revealed only 800 tickets are left for the meeting on Saturday 7 June.
Despite increasing the capacity for racegoers by 1,000 to 8,200, and with four weeks still to go, it's expected Musselburgh will be putting up the 'sold out' signs for the second year in a row.
Now in its sixth year, Musselburgh Ladies Day has
increased attendance year on year and the race course is on track to repeat last year's record of being the first Scottish racing event to sell out in advance.
Grant Stott, the Forth 1 radio presenter and Scotsport host who will compere Ladies Day, said: "Musselburgh leads the field when it comes to putting on stylish events and Ladies Day is now a must-do date on a lot of people's social calendar."
Stott and model Rachel Mazzuchin were first to try out an £8000 Suzuki Swift super mini, which is first prize for the Queen of Style competition for the best dressed lady.
Claire Sheppard, the commercial manager at Musselburgh Racecourse, said: "We've upped the public sale from 6,000 to 7,000 (1,200 are allocated to owners/trainers and corporate sales] and it's still not enough because we fully expect to sell our remaining tickets this week.
"We are genuinely blown away by the success of Ladies Day but on the other hand its testimony to all the hard work put in by our team over the years to build this event."
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