Officials at Musselburgh have reaffirmed an interest in hold a meeting on Good Friday should the proposal to race on that day for the first time in 2014 come to fruition.

The Edinburgh track already races on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday and has said for some time it would look at the natural extension to its programme should racing be allowed to take place on Good Friday.

A newspaper report on Thursday suggested that proposals will be considered for two major meetings on the bank holiday afternoon.

This revelation reopened the debate on whether racing should take place on Good Friday, one of the few remaining race-free days in the calendar and the British Horseracing Authority is set to consider it at a board meeting next week.

"Our position is nothing's changed as far as we are concerned," said Musselburgh general manager Bill Farnsworth.

"People seem to think Musselburgh are pushing for this, but our position has not changed at any time. It's remained the same. All we have done is to react to inquiries about Good Friday.

"We have always said we would like to have a three-day fixture over Easter, obviously racing on Good Friday, and we said of course we would look at that opportunity if it was there.

"It has been looked into for some time. The BHA has had this on its agenda and there has probably been a lot of discussions behind the scenes with all the racing stakeholders to try to determine whether it's the right thing to do or not."