nhg
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Post by nhg on Jul 3, 2016 4:23:48 GMT
My friend is setting up an outdoor arena on their smaller acreage. What would you suggest would be a decent size that's not teeny but not too big? She'd want two or three horses to be able to ride in it at once.
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Post by horselover4life on Jul 3, 2016 12:58:26 GMT
80' x 120' for 2 or 3 horses riding at the same time minimum size. You need riders who can control their horses and watch for others if 2 forget 3 riding together in this size.
Personally, I would not go any smaller than 100' x 200' if more than 2 ride at a time....that is open space, not a barn or shed in that area either.
You need to be able to ride a straight side with another horse and room in between, and you need to be able to cut a ring when getting to close.
My barn area is 100' x 200' and when my son is taking a lesson at home he rides in a 100' x 150' shortened area not going behind the barn out of sight of his instructor.
I can ride our horses in that area and do canter, counter-canter, serpentine, lead swaps, ground covering posting trot work and not feel "to tight".
I could put up a cross bar jump or two if I was riding and have room and ability to rate my speed to the fence but I've been riding for {cough-cough}, well not going there but trust me more years than some are alive.
Now, if done right and carefully you can also use this as a turnout ring too....a sacrifice paddock area.
Not to hard to make it into a lunging round pen either by a few carefully placed corner boards and movable panels, or several smaller paddocks if you need convalescing area while injury recovering.
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Post by horselady on Jul 4, 2016 0:39:05 GMT
for 3 horses the minimum would be 100 x 150,, for jumping and for faster moving turns and circles i would go with 150 x 150 and that will make sure all stay out of each others way. my indoor has an area of 60 x 120 and there is room for 3 horses walking. trotting and if two are walking one can canter around easily.. so really mine is not large enough for 3 actively riding .
also have the footing done deep enough for easy strides and make sure it is not dusty material.
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Post by nhg on Jul 4, 2016 0:46:02 GMT
Thank you! We went out and figured out what's going to work and it looks like it's going to be 80 by 150. They only have about 3 acres to work with. Their place is on five acres but the house and front yard take up quite a bit of space. She plans to still board much of the time anyway, this is just for if she has the horses at home.
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Post by horselady on Sept 17, 2016 11:17:02 GMT
any update on the arena and if your friend put one up??  |
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