Hi,
any suggestions on what to use for a DIY arena Fence? we are currently using star posts and tape but they do not stay up?
thanks 
I think it depends on whether you are trying to keep the horses out of the arena (is is next to or in a horse pasture?) or keep the horses in the arena (do you use it for turn out when pastures are muddy?) or whether you just want a demarcation of the edges of the ring, to give it a definitive shape.
Star posts (I had to look that up) are not the same as T-Posts, as they are missing the big spade near the bottom - which is there for stability. However, if you are in very sandy soil, the constant reverberation of horses riding right past the posts is going to eventually make them loose. But the spades driven deep enough (below ground level) should help.
But, again, it depends on what you need the fence to do to make an appropriate suggestion.
thank you. it is a big paddock that we have section part off and made into an arena, so we are trying to keep my horse out of it when I let him into that paddock during the day.
olivia
If the wire ins’t hot, there’s no incentive for the horse staying off the fence. If it is already hot, and you’ve tested the fence with a tester that the voltage is good, then its a soil issue and you need to try T-Posts, with the spade end pounded in well below ground level for stability.
As others said, it needs to be hot, but if you want to give it more stability without breaking the bank, maybe putting in 4 corner posts (or 2 if the arena already takes advantage of a corner of the pasture)
We are currently using T post or Star posts (in Aus). However, they just keep falling down if anything knocks or touches it.
I am not sure if T posts and star posts are the same, I have never heard of T posts before. I was looking at trying to put a wooden fence up but it is just to costly.
This is a T-Post - when you look at the bottom end, it has a big spade thing at the bottom, which helps it be stable when pounded into the ground. When I searched for star post, they didn’t have the spade at the end - it was just a three pronged post. But they may be the same thing.
