Delaware Park and Racetrack

Jerome (Jed) Doro, Director of Racing at Delaware Park Racetrack, has a strict turf care program. The grass track sees a staggering average of 9 horses per 147 days of racing. With 1000 hoof prints per horse per race, this track deals with 3,307,500 hoof prints per season. Not surprisingly, topdressing with LVS TurfSoil is a key part of his program, managing extreme divots and compaction. Additionally, after the racing season concludes in the Fall, Jed’s grounds team aerates the soil and overseeds with fescue. Then they topdress with LVS TurfSoil.

The cumulative effect of using TurfSoil has improved their turf. Before, they were using a variety of different and inconsistent topdressings, which resulted in inconsistent and unreliable end products. The track quickly improved once they began using TurfSoil exclusively. They also always keep a supply on hand at their maintenance shop so they can fill in the worst divots after each day’s racing. 

Our STA Certified TurfSoil is most successful at combating soil compaction and maintaining a robust, healthy turf. Blended with our TurfDress Compost, the organic matter provides excellent soil aggregation and pore space, resulting in good infiltration during rain events as well as good moisture-holding capacity in dry times.