The business has adopted a 'Green Travel Plan' in conjunction with Surrey County Council with the aim of as many staff and visitors as possible travelling to and from the racecourse in an environmentally friendly manner.
The racecourse has its own railway station so that punters coming to the races do not have to use their cars.
Loans to buy bicycles are now being offered to staff through the racecourse's human resources department.
One person who took up that opportunity is operations and facilities manager Katrina Plant.
She purchased her bike through the Government's tax-free cycle to work scheme. Now she's making a 16-mile round trip between her home in Addlestone and the racecourse several times each week.
Katrina comes via Chertsey, cuts through Shepperton, and then past Squires Garden Centre to avoid the traffic and into lower Sunbury. Now that there are very light mornings, she's able to use the towpaths from Walton Bridge along the Thames.
She said: "I try to ride to work three times a week, even in the rain. Cycling to Kempton Park is ideal because I can use the showers in the racecourse's weighing room, and I use the driers for my towels.
"I like to avoid the rush hour so it is an early start, but it's a fantastic way to begin the day because I feel energised - and I have cycled eight miles before many people are out of bed."
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‘Kempton Live 2011’ schedule
*3 August: Irish Night featuring the Hothouse Flowers
*12 August: Olly Murs
*3 September: Ladies’ Day with Heart FM DJ Toby Anstis
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