I have some stone dust sacrifice areas and my older mare loves to pace to come in. She’s generally content out there but at lunch and dinner, the pacing starts. She is only in this paddock when the pastures are closed for winter.
The footing has crushed stone, a layer of meshy fabric, and then the stone dust footing on top. It does not get muddy at all BUT the pacing makes big divots where she turns. She’s now made a big hole at the ends of her pacing path and has gone through the stone dust, mesh, and is digging up the stones. I can refill daily but it doesn’t matter - since it’s disturbed, it digs up easily the next day.
I’m thinking of putting down some crushed stone to fill the holes and covering with a stall mat or other holey mat so the “pivot” ends aren’t on the footing. Has anyone tried this? Is there a good mat or cover for this? It would need to be quite solid, like a stall mat. Footing alone won’t be enough short of pouring concrete!
Thanks for ideas!