The replacement of the metal-chip track topping with sand two and a-half years ago has led to a much faster surface.
A track conditioner bought 12 months ago has aided the process.
"The club has been pro-active in pursuit of providing the best track," Ken McFarlane, the track manager at Forbury Park, said.
"The metal chip was graded off by Alan Watson from Christchurch and replaced with a mixture of two blends of sand."
The new conditioning implement was bought from Australia at a cost of $37,000.
It is similar to a conditioner used on tracks at Addington, Ashburton and Cambridge.
The club had a problem with the base of the track 16 months ago, causing a meeting to be abandoned and another transferred to Addington.
"We had issues with the base crumbling.
John Denton, the National track curator, oversaw remedial work and we are now in a position to do it ourselves."
A key to the work is a coarse lime obtained from Canterbury used to create a new base.
The 2yr-old pacer Charge Forward set a record for all ages on the track when he won a heat of the Sires' Stakes over 1700m (mobile) in 2.02.6, a 1.56 mile rate, in March.
He was having his first start.
He could only manage a fourth in another five starts before he was put aside early in June.
He is among horses Steven Reid is training in a sole capacity this season.
Lionels Meddle ran a 1.56.9 rate for 2200m (mobile) in May.
Track records set at Forbury Park last season (August 1, 2009-July 31 2010), inclusive of gender:
Pacers: Two-year-old, 1700m (mobile): Charge Forward 2.02.6.
Two-year-old, 2200m (mobile): Ransom Olds 2.45.3.
Two-year-old, 2200m (stand): Fly The Flag 2.48.1.
Four-year-old and over, one mile (mobile): Eastwood Aurora 1.57.4.
Four-year-old and over, 2200m (mobile): Lionels Meddle 2.39.9.
Four-year-old and over, 2700m (stand): Dustin Bromac 3.22.8.
Four-year-old and over, 3200m (stand): Highview Tommy 4.03.2.
Trotters: Two-year-old, 1700m (mobile): Heather Castleton 2.10.2.
Three-year-old, 2200m (stand): Sonofanearl 2.51.
Four-year-old and over, 2200m (stand): Aleana 2.48.3.
The first meeting of the new season at Forbury Park is scheduled for next Thursday.
