Don’t want to high jack this thread, but I’d be interested to hear your take on building an arena on a budget if you would be willing to start a new thread!
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Yes please I second this!!
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I’ll third arena on a budget.
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I don’t know if this is what you were looking for, but I gave it a shot!
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Skip the deep footing option. I moved my horse to a new facility, which had an arena with deep footing. Long story short: ligament issues, long time to diagnose, long time to heal, long time to recover. Stay in the field. Too much risk. I lost about 2 years of riding and training on this. I did not understand the risk of the situation. Older but wiser now!
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I agree with everyone saying to either stay out of or limit your time in the deep sand arena. The barn where I board has a sand arena and there have been a lot of soundness issues among horses there including suspensory and sacroilliac injuries. It’s not worth it when you end up spending your time and money rehabing your horse. During the Olympics, the dressage commenter mentioned how firm the footing was and that you could hear the hoof hitting the ground. Riding on a variety of surfaces is good, just don’t overdue the time in sand.
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