My arena has no fencing. I’d like to put up a dressage court type of fencing. How to do that on the cheap?
Boards and cinder blocks? Railroad ties? Peeler poles and cups of some sort?
Help a cheapskate out!
If you get the USDF megazine, it has an article about how to use the plain white 5 gallon buckets from a home improvement store and then white PVC pipe to make an arena. You use a bandsaw (I think) to cut out a little cradle in the buckets to hold the PVC pipes. I think the total for a regulation size arena would be under $500. You could do it for less if you did the corners and then sections for the sides. Looks very professional.
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I personally wouldn’t put cinder blocks, too dangerous.
Like Mapleleaf said, you could do corners and some of the sides only so to cut the costs.
You could also find sidings that could double up as poles. So twice the fun for the same price if you jump too. 
You could use them as ground poles as well.
Then you just need to find some low cups for raising the poles.
There were times when the sand footing in my arena was too wet for lessons, so I took my cavaletti and made the corners of a dressage arena rectangle in a level area of the front pasture, resulting in a temporary turf arena. It worked fine and was free, as I already had the cavaletti.
I made them myself for a very reasonable price; even if you must construct some to edge your arena, it won’t cost much and you’ll have them to use for other exercises.
We made a ring as you see in the picture with long wood boards and metal pieces screwed on for legs. It was still pretty expensive because of the wood I guess. I don’t think we realised quite how much a full ring actually measures, it’s over 500’. These sections are pretty heavy but fairly easy to stack and store for the winter. I tried making one that fit into white plastic garbage cans but it kept falling over when it got windy. As was said above, I think the corners are the most important parts
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If I were going to build a dressage arena myself, I’d use plastic deck piers/blocks and 2"X4"s. I’d probably paint the 2X4s white just to make it look a little more “classic”. The blocks are made to accept 2" wood joists, so a 2X4 will fix perfectly and since they have 4 openings on them, they make a perfect corner as well. The concrete ones are cheaper, but if concerned about a horse stepping/falling on one, the plastic would be easier to deal with anyway because they are light and easy to move.
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Agreed. If a horse spooks and the rider gets dumped, cinder blocks can do a world of damage on a rib cage.
I wasn’t even thinking about the rider, but more of the horse’s legs by hitting them going too close to the rail!
But Yeah, you don’t wan’t to fall on a cinder block either.
Thanks, everyone!
I like this idea…I’ll look for these!
I used 12’ PT landscape lumber (square poles but with rounded, or at least not sharp, corners) cut in half to make a whole pile of cavaletti. The way I built them with just squares of 2x8 or 2x12 (etc) lumber attached at each end makes them versatile, light, and cheap.
I have sets of different height cavaletti and can set up a ring quickly and easily. Bonus, tilt them 90 degrees and there are absolutely no intrusions into the interior riding area.
I think my tally of cavaletti for a 20x60 with corners, one at each letter, plus and extra at both C and A is 22. It’s enough to give a nice outline, but few enough you can still ride in and out between them when you want to ride bigger figures or school mediums and extendeds right out through the arena sides. I found they were cheap enough that I built extra so even when the arena is set up I can leave a set of highs and a set of low cavaletti set up outside for warm ups.
Also, if you know a crazy cat lady who uses jugs or buckets of litter - ask them to save them for you. They make great, safe letters that can be weighed down with a bit of arena sand. Need to put them away for the winter? Dump the sand back into the footing and they are nice and light to carry .
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One quest![](on is would the area be used by horses when you are not riding? Any kind of chain or low fence will be moved by horses walking over it. If the area is always “horse free” then light weight fencing is an option. It was not for me as my dressage ring sits in the middle of my pasture. I used 2" PVC pipe 10’ lengths and 1/2 cement blocks. Seems to me that at the time I built, the pipe was $3/piece and the cement 1/2 blocks were 50 cents. Prices are probably higher now, but 100 pvc pipe (20 down two sides, 6 each end (cut off 4") and the cement blocks (have to count) --anyway, was less than $300. And has lasted 20 years at this point. As to the statement that cement block is dangerous if one falls, well, ground is dangerous if one falls. I’ve seen planters with plants, huge columns, etc that are used as dressage markers. Seems like all of those would be pretty painful to fall on. The only option, I guess is use pool noodles to mark your edges --and maybe foam pillows for markers? Anyway, that’s what I use --pvc pipe and cement 1/2 blocks. Oh, yes, I’m a little old lady and I don’t like asking for help. After the excavator cleared the grass and leveled and packed a 220x100 area in my pasture, by myself I carried PVC and 1/2 cement blocks into the pasture and gradually set my ring. My soil is clay and sand, and while, yes, it has a wet spot and one end is harder soil than the other, short of a high-end dressage show, I’ve never seen a “perfect” arena --it works for me. It is set exactly by measurement, is easy to maintain, (weed killer 3 x a year) and has never caused a horse or human injury. I keep a small spring tooth harrow to work up the ring when it becomes too packed. As to the suggestion for using buckets —I have found that cutting holes in the buckets is neither quick nor easy for me --(remember, elderly lady) —using a reciprocating saw is labor intensive and requires strong hands and strong arms (well, not for one or two, but you’ll be doing two holes in 52 buckets (unless my math is off) --that’s 104 holes --and that would be past my level of ability. Second, you are cutting holes into round plastic surface (or flat depending on what you use), but the surface is slick, might have to pre-drill a hole or 4. There is to my mind, a lot of skill and hand strength in using a reciprocating saw well. Anyway, the 1/2 cement blocks and PVC require no drilling. Just slip poles into brick. Done.
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I haven’t done mine yet because I need the area leveled and I need money to pay someone to level it :lol:. But when I get it leveled, I am planning on wood posts and 2" white batten tape/fence strapping, with white 5-gallon buckets for the letters that I’ll plant some type of plant or flower in. Will be less than $350.
However, I’m in Florida and have sandy soil that I can easily dig my own post holes in with a manual post hole digger, so this is a very easy option for me.
If I were in an area that wasn’t so easy to dig holes, those deck piers from 4leaf with 2x4s look quite appealing to me.
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Yes those deck piers look like they might be great. I got fake flowers from the dollar store, its pretty fun shopping for them
I’m undecided on fake or real yet
I have buckets filled with sand and fake flowers to mark the letters already. My arena is exactly full court size so I have no “extra” space to weave in and out of. The arena is only used as an arena, but I think chain fencing would be dangerous in case a hoof or tail go caught up in it.
Where do those plastic piers come from?
Building Supply type places. I’d start at a Lowe’s or Home Depot with a picture printed out. They may have them or someone might know where to point you in the right direction. They do carry the cement ones, not sure about the plastic. Also, if you have a builder or contractor friend/family member, they would certainly know where to go for them.
They last a couple of years before they get really faded and then I replace them. Also, I only put them at the RSVP letters to keep costs down
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My former instructor used railroad ties, and over the years as the ground froze/thawed, the ties moved. They were almost impossible to straighten because of their weight, and dirt accumulated around them. It looked rather untidy, and they were perfect for tripping over. :eek:
