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The lamps came from an interesting source - on the advice of a local football club, we approached the police force who supplied lighting previously


confiscated from a cannabis grower!


Matthew King is developing a lighting rig to encourage germination in areas which get a lot of damage


composting them for future use,” explains Matthew. “I’ll also address any areas in front of fences that have built up or need re‐ seeding.” Even with portables, repairing take‐off and landing areas of fences is an important task, and Matthew has again applied his engineering skills to developing a lighting rig to encourage germination of fresh turf. “It’s still in development ‐ we needed a stronger rig than is used in football stadia because of the winds out on the course. The rig is currently mains powered, but I’m adapting it to run off a generator so it can be used on the back straight where there is no power.”


The lamps came from an interesting source ‐ on the advice of a local football club, Matthew approached the police force who supplied lighting previously confiscated from a cannabis grower!


A disc seeder is hired in to overseed any worn areas in spring and autumn, and slow release organic based spring fertiliser is


followed by agricultural blends through the summer and more slow release products to take the sward through the winter. Matthew has also directed a move away from larger tractors, with the latest purchase being a John Deere 4R series compact which pulls the mower and tows one small irrigation reel.


“We wanted to keep large tractors off the track as much as possible, so investigated equipment that can be handled by compacts.”


“Mowing was of special concern as we can be out on the track three times a week in the spring. It took a bit of research to find a suitable mower as British Horseracing Authority guidance has always been to use a front mounted mower on a tractor or a self‐ propelled machine,” he says. David comments that many of the racecourse’s committee are farmers with extensive experience of machinery and their feeling was that not only was a front mounted implement less balanced, but the


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