Badminton Horse Trials
Preparing for a world class annual sporting event on a green field site with minimal permanent infrastructure, let alone a site that returns to being a...
in Equestrian - on 4/8/13
Preparing for a world class annual sporting event on a green field site with minimal permanent infrastructure, let alone a site that returns to being a...
in Equestrian - on 4/8/13
Tackle Japanese Knotweed at the right time to have the best chance of wiping it out, says Monsanto, which produces Roundup ProBio and Roundup ProBiactive...
in Industry News - on 30/7/13
After the wettest winter on record, a new irrigation system takes pride of place at Taunton Racecourse! But it will help deliver that essential good ground...
in Equestrian - on 9/7/13
Jane Carley heads to Chepstow Racecourse, where ten inches of rain fell in the last two weeks of December, resulting in the postponement of the Welsh Grand...
in Equestrian - on 2/5/13
After 150 runners at two meetings in a six day period between 27th October and 1st November, and yet another weekend of downpours in between, Stratford-on-Avon...
in Equestrian - on 22/2/13
The ‘non-summer’ that Britain endured this year affected many sporting fixtures, with racing particularly hard hit. Jane Carley visited Leicester Racecourse...
in Equestrian - on 19/12/12
Jane Carley talks to Dale Frith, the award winning Head Groundsman at Fleetwood Town Football Club, who are newly promoted to the Football League, for...
in Football - on 8/9/12
As winners of The Best Flat Racecourse category in the 2011 Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff Awards, Clerk of the Course and Director of Racing, Michael...
in Equestrian - on 25/8/12
All weather racing is one of the success stories of the equestrian industry, bringing new fans to the sport and keeping the coffers full when winter...
in Equestrian - on 22/6/12
A small racecourse with an even smaller grounds team stole the show at the Neil Wyatt Racecourse Groundstaff Awards, taking the dual purpose track prize....
in Equestrian - on 27/5/12
Groundsmen at dual purpose race tracks often have to work hard to provide the ideal going for flat and national hunt meetings within the same season but,...
in Equestrian - on 14/4/12
“We consider blowers to be disposable machinery, replaced every couple of years, so price is important. If the cheaper makes do the job, and you are...
in Industry News - on 29/2/12
With vastly experienced Senior Clerk of the Course, Charlie Moore, at the helm, and a dedicated team of groundsmen, Uttoxeter Racecourse is in great shape...
in Equestrian - on 5/2/12
John Morley has taken on his first Head Groundsman’s position at Beverley Racecourse, having been mentored by Adrian Kay whilst his assistant at York....
in Equestrian - on 29/11/11
One of the most ambitious developments for the 2012 Olympics has been the preparation of an equestrian cross country course in Greenwich Park. Jane Carley...
in Equestrian - on 12/11/11
Mike Powell, Head Greenkeeper at the The Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club, works with the elements to manage the turf in a natural way, befitting its picturesque...
in Golf - on 26/10/11
Sulekha Varma is one of a growing number of young women taking prominent roles in horse racing. As Clerk of the Course at Market Rasen, she and her team...
in Equestrian - on 21/6/11
Jane Carley reports on a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for Ayr Racecourse, led by Clerk of the Course, Emma Marley and her experienced groundscare...
in Equestrian - on 4/6/11
Ascot Racecourse continues to rise to the challenges posed to its team of groundsmen, led by Clerk of the Course, Chris Stickels, and Head Groundsman,...
in Equestrian - on 26/5/11
Tony Hemming explains how a chance meeting with Australian cricket legend, Rodney Marsh, led to his role as Head Curator at the ICC Global Cricket Academy...
in Cricket - on 1/4/11