ameliorated and turfed with a further 3,700 square metres of LT6, Lindum’s MD, Stephen Fell, is full of admiration at the way Adrian has managed the new sward. “We’ve looked after it,” Adrian admits.
“The new turf is now laid on a sand based construction whereas, before, it was an alluvial flood plain. We’ve vertidrained, fed it and used a wetting agent when circumstances dictated. It’s a new baby and it needs TLC.” By the time of the Ebor Festival 2009 all the major improvements had been made, and the world’s highest rated racehorse, Sea The Stars, was just one of the leading thoroughbreds to enjoy a victory over the rejuvenated surface. With four track records broken and some of the year’s best racing witnessed, plaudits for the racing surface came in from such racing legends such as Frankie Detorri, Michael Dickinson, John Francome and Ian Balding. However, the project was not quite complete as the new bend needed to be married in with the existing surface. The main contractors returned to adjust the racing levels on the inside of the track. “Horses race on a particular line,” explains John Mallinson, “and, over time, as the surface drops and is built up again, usually with topdressing, a hard shoulder is created on the inside of the bends. We needed to correct this, remove the shoulder and restore levels.” Some 6,000 metres of Fornells barrier and running rail were erected around both
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sides of the home straight and south bend, which can be moved two metres inwards or outwards to change the racing line and avoid the possibility of a new ‘shoulder’ developing. More importantly, the new wide home bend, at double the width of its predecessor, offers the Clerk of the Course the opportunity to offer fresh ground to run on, either when a meeting runs over several days or when they come in close succession. The new home bend will be a minimum 25 metres wide and have a consistent camber from inside to outside rail and will be available for use in the 2010 season
Obviously delighted with his new track,
Adrian is more than pleased with the results of the whole improvement project. “Every piece has come together and we’ve received nothing but plaudits, from the owners, trainers, jockeys, everybody. We will keep learning and already this year we have a greater ability to manage the surface in the countdown to a raceday.”
“It’s been a major investment and
William Derby and the whole Racecourse Committee has backed us to the hilt. The investment to do it right has been there and William has, almost literally, walked every step of the way with me,” he concludes.
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