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In the last two years, we have bought two new larger tractors as the ones we used to have were too small and getting past their sell-by date, bless them


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treading it in, then go around with a sand/seed mix and fill any large divots. After that, it’s getting ready again for the next fixture.”


Martin likes to carry out a regular aeration programme throughout the year. “We aerate with the SISIS spiker a few times a month, depending on the weather. I like to verti-drain in May because we have a dolly rail, which we put up for two and half months. I generally I like to get that dollied off and verti-drained, but with the weather being like it has, it’s not been ideal for that, so we just spiked it this time. Come the end of the year, it will get verti-drained all the way around at depths varying from six to eight inches.” The racecourse likes to purchase their machinery outright and, in recent years, Martin has been able to add some new pieces of kit to the old. “In the last two years, we have bought two new larger tractors as the ones we used to have were too small and getting past their sell-by date, bless them. Only recently, I asked for a 6ft topper rotary mower for areas of the track that are a bit too wide for the mower.”


Martin hasn’t been given any special projects yet for this winter, but he does have one of his own. “I’m in the dark about what we are going to be doing this winter, but I have my own little project in mind - I would like to refurbish the stable yard. When we altered the parade ring, we took out a lot of rubber blocks and I want to use them to make an entrance way into the stables because, at present, it is just limestone. So, if I can get that done, it will look a lot better, plus it will make it a bit quieter for the horses walking in.”


With the course being next to woodland and a vast expanse of playing fields in the middle of the racecourse, Martin suffers damage from moles and squirrels. “We have problems with them at the minute, so we have a chap who comes in and traps the moles for us in and around the track, but the squirrel culling is down to the local council.”


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