Rubber chips provide a modern, cushioned surface in your arena to relieve stress on horse joints. Spreading a layer of rubber chips on your arena surface improves drainage, performance, comfort, compaction, and reduces fatigue.
We use masonry sand in all indoor arenas, it is a fine grit and softer sand. We use a concrete sand on all outdoor arenas which is slightly more course and more resistant to wind loss. All our sand is cleaned and washed from the pit. Proper footing on your arena surface improves drainage, performance, comfort, compaction, and reduces fatigue.
Felt footing is shredded strips of felt blended with the sand footing.
Felt resists compaction and reduces dust. Felt footing can be used on indoor or outdoor arenas, but as with all outdoor arenas weather conditions will contribute to loss of the footing. Proper footing on your arena surface improves drainage, performance, comfort, compaction, and reduces fatigue.
Below is a photo of Felt and Sand when they are mixed together in a Horse Arena.
For Horse Arenas footing depth varies for different training techniques and performance. This depth is determined by your equestrian professional.
When you’re talking about any horse arena footing you should consider a dust control solution. Dirt Dogs are experts at installing the top horse arena dust control product out there.
