Issue - meetings

To review and approve the new Hack Riding Map which will be used to educate horse riders on where to ride on Epsom and Walton Downs.

The Conservators received a report presenting a new Hack Riding information map to assist in educating horse riders on where to ride on Epsom and Walton Downs.

The following matter was considered:

a)            Map key for hatched area at the foot of Walton Downs for hack riding. The Conservators identified that the key to the map did not explain how hack riders would know whether they were permitted to use the hatched area at the foot of Walton Downs or not, only that it was at the discretion of the Training Grounds Management Board. It was requested that the map be amended to inform users that a sign located at the hatched area would display whether it was open for use or not.

Following consideration, the Conservators:

(1)          Approved the new Hack Riding Map subject to an amendment being made to inform riders that a sign at the hatched area at the foot of Walton Downs would display whether it could be used.

(2)          Granted permission to publish the map on the website and for the map to be used to produce a hack riding leaflet, in consultation with the Downskeepers, Gallops staff and Hack Riding representatives.

In granting this approval the Conservators expressed their thanks to officers for their work to produce the map, and noted that it would also be distributed to local hack riding stables.