I’m flagging this because responding to a factual post with a personal attack accusing me of being in favor of human trafficking is not the kind of behavior I am interested in letting slide.
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Put this is the wrong place
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Guess that the end of this thread…
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Same.
It’s unfortunate that people could not manage to stay anywhere near the topic of the horse facility in question and the repercussions to the horses there.
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I am not sure why people do not understand this.
The mods asked very nicely.
So, on topic, no one has any new information on how chores are being accomplished at this facility?
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The last I heard and it’s maybe not reliable is that Parks and Rec workers were filling in. That’s the last I heard.
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I looked up a google earth shot of the place - wow. Talk about 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bucket. On average, how much daily turnout time does each horse get? 5 minutes?
You made me look.
Is this the right place?
I admit, I kind of giggled at the labels that say “horse riding field”.
It does look like that most open spots are for riding and not turn out.
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That’s what I was looking at. There is almost zero grass on the entire facility, which based on the climate isn’t a huge surprise. The only turnout paddocks I see are the tiny ones on the west, and maybe those medium sized ones to the south of the itsy ones.
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Not to pick on LAEC but lots of barns in SW do not have turnout. So we get our horses out for long hand walks.
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I most certainly was not expecting grass at all.
I figured there would be more small turn-out spots.
At first I was surprised at how many nice sized riding areas they are, but then remembered that someone said here the vast number of stalls there are, so that many riding areas would be necessary.
Good exercise for the hand walker too.
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I wonder how many horse owners are there at any one given time. They have a ton of parking (which again, based on the number of stalls is not a surprise), but I just have questions. Are you dodging people constantly? Is there a quiet spot to ride in?
Looks like a great place to get a horse used to mayhem, if it weren’t for the zero turnout.
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The (green) horse riding field is the old grand prix field. There is no “turnout” along the lines of what you are thinking, sun pens aren’t even big enough to pick up a trot.
Down the road, you’ll find homes on postage stamp lots with stalls in the back yard and about a sun-pen or 2’s worth of space. This is horse keeping in much of California. If you can find land to put horses on, it’s usually on the side of a mountain.
What you can’t see is that LAEC backs up to Griffith Park, with more miles of trails than most will ever cover. And there’s a trail around the perimeter.
But yeah, it’s a real tough pill to swallow if you move there from somewhere else with more standard turnout options.
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I’m just thinking of the horses, ones that just don’t do well without turnout. If the owner were to take a vacation, they’d be forced to pay someone to do something with the horse while they were away. And the wintertime vacation most of our horses get would be really tough, too.
Seconding this, though I prefer the more common “mare motel” style where they have shade and a bit more room to walk around. Or stalls with small runs. But in general you just aren’t going to see a lot of turnout or grass pasture in Southern California.
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How does someone horseback cross the LA river and get over/under the freeway to get to Griffith Park? It does look expansive.
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The only time (IME) it was truly terrible was if it dared rain and everyone’s in the dome; the reiners spinning, the dressagers piaffing, the jumpers jumping. Fortunately it rains so little most just give horses the days off.
But even if your main ring is busy (usually the training barns all have their own “ring”, though they don’t get sole use of it) there’s another one somewhere else to ride in. There were a lot of pleasure folk back when I was there (admittedly, very very long ago), and they kinda just want to wander around the property. Those parking lots are usually empty unless it’s a show day.
This is the fun part!!! Over a suspension bridge and then through a concrete tunnel under the highway. Did it on my show TB. Seems scary as hell but surprisingly few horses end up having a problem with it.
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There’s a trail system around here with that same type of set up. Sounds super fun.
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I don’t think most people boarding in Southern California do a winter vacation. The weather is pretty mild year round, and winter is the most pleasant time to ride. It can get very hot in the summer, and sometimes humid and wet with summer monsoons. There’s rain in the late fall to early spring, but not much, 10 to 20 inches a year for the most part. But snowfall, even a trace, is a once in decades phenomenon unless you’re in the higher mountains.
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