Hunts Racing Donkeys Ltd
(Formerly The Witley Donkey Racing Teams)
Donkey Racing since 1961

The business was started by Mr Jim Roberts when he purchased his first donkey and tookit racing at Wivelsfield back in 1960. Thinking this was a good idea  he  went ahead and purchased Donkeys from Ireland and started up the Witley Donkey Racing Teams  which operated all over the Country on a commercial basis.
At one time teams of Donkeys were based in various regions throughout the country during the summer months and returned back to Surrey for their well earned Winter Holiday in September.
At  any  one  time there would be up to 150 Donkeys roaming  the  fields.The donkeys are used purely for Donkey Racing and not on the Beaches.
One  of  the  main  attractions  at  Pontin's   Holiday Camps  as  they  were  known  then was the Donkey Derby.  They  would  run  events during the summer and at the end of the Holiday period all the Winners would go  to   Blackpool   for  the  Championship  in which the winner would be awarded a Holiday.
Unfortunately  due  to  the  changes  over the last 20 years  Donkey  Derby's  are  no  longer  held at a lot of these Camps,  as  most  of them have been sold or turned  into  Leisure  Centers,  we  provide  Donkeys for private events i.e.  Lions, Round  Tables,  Rotary  Clubs ,Corporate Events, Schools Fetes and Carnivals.