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Parade ring walks have all been upgraded
A further £35,000 has been invested in drainage just after the home bend, on both tracks, at the point where the open ditch has been resited. This includes a series of lateral drains into a refreshed main drain; supporting new sand slits were also installed across the racing surfaces to feed into the laterals. “Certain areas on the hurdle course had
a weaker sward and were slower to recover than the majority of the track so, in 2013, secondary drainage sand bands were installed over these poorer areas using a BLEC Sand-Master. It has been noticeable that these sand bands have had a tremendous effect on the recovery of these historically poorer patches,” says Hazel.
New Chase fence
Irrigation was also upgraded, with a new pump installed to the borehole which extracts water to a storage lagoon, at a cost of £12,000. “This pump has greatly increased the capacity of the lagoon when prolonged spells of irrigation are needed.”
Much of the renovation work has been done by the groundstaff team, with the exception being the new sectional jumps which were built by Watt Fences. The fences were re-stuffed by head groundsman Brian Meikle in the summer of 2013 and now look “even better”, comments Hazel.
Contractors Souters provided the Sand- Master and carry out the overseeding programmes.
Kelso has also made significant investment in machinery, including a new 95hp Kubota M9540 tractor with loader. Brian Meikle explains: “The tractor is
larger than the one we had previously, but it is on turf tyres and can be used for so many tasks. Its loader can be fitted with pallet forks, which makes it so much easier to manoeuvre the sections of the fences for repair or refurbishment. We previously had to use a forklift, which did a lot of damage to the turf.” The Kubota also pulls a new 2.8m Charterhouse Verti-Drain, bringing a job that was previously carried out by Souters in-house.
“It is so much more convenient, and means that we can vertidrain when
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