EQUESTRIAN
What’s in the shed? Tractors
Massey Ferguson 5445 Massey Ferguson 590 Massey Ferguson 240 Massey Ferguson 565 Ford 1920 John Deere
Massey Ferguson S445 Vehicles
Pickup truck R971 AAT Honda CRV
Mitsubishi Shogun Tractor Attachments Ransomes Magna 7-gang mowers
Ransomes Magna 3-gang mowers with lawn blades
Ransomes Magna 3-gang mowers with sports blades Irrigator
Fertiliser spreader Cambridge roller Flat roller Small trailer Large trailer Wessex rotary mower Trimax Pegasus rotary mower Massey Ferguson hydraulic shovel Charterhouse Verti-Drain Stable sucker/blower Sisis spiker
Hand Operated Machinery Sisis spiker (small)
Case 0938 chain trencher Steam cleaner Stihl Blower No 1 BR420 Stihl Blower No 2 BR420 Stihl Blower BR600 Jackhammer/wacker plate Stihl chainsaw Pillar drill Mitre saw Generator
Air compressor Fogging machine Turf lifter
Grit spreader Hand Mowers
Mountfield 24 Marquis rotary mower Hayter Harrier rotary mower Honda HRH 536 Pro rotary mower Danarm LM53 rotary mower Strimmers Stihl FS410C x 3 Stihl FS160 Tools
Bosch electric power drill Makita cordless power drill Circular Saw Stihl MS181C long blade chainsaws x 3 Stihl HT133 pole saw Energer 2mm planer Grinder
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with the tractor. We have just a pump house, with nine hydrants about two furlongs apart around the course, and we take our water from part groundwater and part borehole.” When maintaining the racecourse, Martin and his staff have got to be aware of their surroundings as the course is open to the public during non-race days. “We have dogs chasing us whilst we are on the tractors but, other than that, the public are generally not too bad, especially if we ask them not to walk on the track. It’s just a matter of being polite, being aware of our surroundings and working with them, not against them.” Maintenance procedures on the course vary significantly from the winter months to the summer months. “Mr Gundill and I will put a list together before the start of the year and, between us, work out what needs to be done and, from there, prioritise each job with a number.”
“In the last few winters, it has been quite mad as we have altered all of the parade ring. We have dropped it at the far end by 1.5m - it used to be more on a slope, and the contractors built the new wall up
surrounding it. We have renewed the horse walk and put all new safety barriers up. All the rings have been altered. We used to have the Premier Club, Silver Stand and Picnic Ring, but we have done away with the Silver Stand, whilst the Premier has been made bigger by twenty yards, and we now have upper and lower tatts for the paddock and Picnic Ring.” “Through winter, we will decorate and help with any maintenance around the buildings, and I will help with the organisation of any contractors. In summer, it’s seven months of a regime in a sense. Race days will come up, so we have to start getting the track ready and get it cut with the Pegasus S3 rotary mower (at a height of five inches) and cut the lawns and parade ring with a Ransomes cylinder mower which stripes them up nicely.” “We make sure all the stables are cleaned out and fogged. On race day, everybody makes a mess so, the day after, we have a group of lads come in to help us clean up the litter and stables etc. Once that’s done, we will get the track put back together,
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