Community Benefits
The Riccarton Park Racecourse provides many more benefits for the Community than simply a place of recreation on raceday.
Riccarton Park is vitally involved with the non-racing community around it.
Besides its core business of providing thoroughbred horse racing and training facilities it provides for the following:
- Civil Defence alternate Headquarters
- Police dog training.
- Police training and assesment
- Drug dog training.
- Riccarton Park Residents Association meetings venue.
- Christchurch Hunt Club meetings venue.
- Lily Society meetings venue.
- Lions Club meetings venue.
- Wigram Lions Old Peoples afternoon tea.
- Riccarton Fendalton Pony Club.
- Veterinary clinic on site.
- Riccarton Racecourse Bowling Club.
- Riccarton Domain Winter Bowling Club
- School cross-country events.
- South Island Apprentice School.
- Riccarton Rotary Sunday Market.
- Riccarton Park Golf Complex.
- The Riccarton Park Function Centre
- School visits
Public access
- A number of historic buildings including the recently restored teahouse.
- Large lawns, gardens and parkland areas maintained
- Pedestrian access 24 hours a day
- General public access for walking, jogging, exercise, dog walking and play.
- Sports team training.
- Walking groups.
- Vehicle access during working hours.
- Driver education and training in a safe off-road environment.
- Many of the Riccarton Park race days are free admission
