MUSSELBURGH Racecourse will welcome a bumper crowd for the sold-out Stobo Castle Ladies Day today (Saturday).

The hotly-anticipated meeting has sold out for the 12th consecutive year, with more than 10,000 racing fans expected in the Honest Toun.

The feature race, the £100,000 William Hill Scottish Sprint Cup (3.10pm) has attracted 42 entries which will be whittled down to 17 runners, with the next 17 highest rated horses entered in the consolation £40,000 William Hill Tartan Trophy.

The David Griffiths-trained Duke of Firenze will be hoping to do better than last year’s third place, while also looking to improve on last year is Kimberella, trained by Richard Fahey, who finished fourth 12 months ago.

Lambourne-based trainer Charlie Hills has entered A Momentofmadness and has former champion jockey Silvestre De Sousa booked for the five-furlong ride, while Tony Coyle has entered Caspian Prince, a course and distance winner at Musselburgh last year and the recent winner of the Investec Corporate Banking ‘Dash’ at Epsom, where it finished ahead of both Duke of Firenze and A Momentofmadness in third and fourth places respectively.

Bill Farnsworth, chief executive of Musselburgh Racecourse, said: “We are delighted to achieve yet another capacity sell-out Stobo Castle Ladies Day and with just under £200,000 prize money on the day we can expect a cracking atmosphere to match the high-quality racing on offer.”

While fans will have plenty to cheer about on the track, the fashion conscious have no shortage of attractions.

The Queen of Style, the best dressed lady of the day, will take home a £5,000 prize, the King of Style can spruce himself up with £1,000 of Slaters vouchers, while Sally-Ann Provan Millinery will gift a £300 voucher to the race-goer with the best hat.

Meanwhile, international fashion expert and TV host Gok Wan will add a sparkle when he takes to the stage as DJ for the after-racing party.

Race-goers can also win £1,000 in the racecourse’s Style Reigns Supreme social media competition by having their photograph taken and sharing it on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #StoboLadiesDay.

Gates open at 11am; the first race is at 1.35pm.

Shuttle buses will be in operation and for information, visit www.musselburgh-race course.co.uk