Shazmo S.
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There is an extreme smell of horse poop and urine EVERYWHERE when you walk in. Even when you drive past from the street it's there.
The main ring loop road (where all the joggers run) is completely covered in horse poop. The horse carriages may be great for the tourism operators, but they are terrible for everybody else.
When you go further into the park, you're further away from the horses though. If the horse poop and urine can't be constantly cleaned then they should not be allowed to operate because it has a big negative impact on the rest of the enjoyment of the park.
We rode a CityBike through the park and it was great, aside from the horse poop.
The turtle pond is fantastic by the way, hundreds of turtles swimming. Highly recommended (if you can get deep enough into the park to avoid the horse poop)