My new (to me) sand arena is quite deep in the middle, but nice around the edges (not too packed). Will the “normal” drag pattern help to remedy this? It is the opposite of what I usually see which is depth around the outsides and less in the middle with a too packed track.
Thanks in advance!
Maybe this could help?
Inside or outside?
What kind of drag are you using?
We have a covered arena and TR3 and use that first pattern, but do the edges first 2-3 rounds, then start that pattern.
Some times we start one direction, next the opposite direction.
We don’t have waves or deeper spots or harder ones.
Has worked for us fine all these years.
What Bluey showed. And once or twice a year I’d do the same pattern, except at right angles to the long sides. I was a freak about dragging often to protect the base.
The drag is a very old and rusty toothed plow-type harrow. I haven’t used it yet, it came with the farm as did the tractor, but I wanted a plan before I did it here for the first time. Many of the folks who used the arena before I bought it barrel raced, so they wanted quite deep footing.
It’s an outdoor arena. Pretty amazingly level considering the neglect it has suffered. Drains very very well, no standing water even after a super heavy rain. Just too deep for my liking in the middle.
Thanks! Yes that’s the standard pattern that I am familiar with. Sounds like it will work to get those deep spots out of the middle.
I, too, am a freak about footing so I want to be sure I’m fixing this the right way 
See if you can flip the drag. Many of those drags have deep tines on one side and shorter, or no tines on the other.
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