Horse track system ideas

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Create a Paddock Paradise - About 15 years ago, I was boarding my mare, Diva, at a private barn in Victoria, BC. The paddocks were very small and flat, with electric fence covering all the boards to prevent chewing, and Diva was on the end of the paddock row beside a forest. It was close to home, which worked for me, but Diva was deeply stressed, making it almost impossible to safely work with her or ride her.

𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝘽𝙄𝙂 𝘽𝙪𝙩 ‘𝘿𝙤’ 𝙎𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧. If you start simple and leave room to adapt, your track will grow organically. As you develop things, you will gain a better understanding of how the track need…

Horse track systems are a way of keeping horses to maintain weight, avoid laminitis .... get tips on creating a budget track for your horse.

All the guide books on hobby farms stress the importance of identifying your values. One which popped out at me from the start was our desire to make sure the animals on our farm would have a high …

For those of you with steps/stairs on your tracks, I would love to see pictures or hear how you made it! We have 2 tracks on our very hilly property,...

Many people asked on my last post how we fenced our stream since it is our track. After a lot of research, my husband brilliantly came up with this idea,...