I got my book a few days ago and started reading immediately and wow. I am loaded with ideas and have been working on my paddock paradise for past two days and I am now waiting for some tread-in posts to finish off my track.
I am quite stunned at how much track I can have on just 1.75 acres, which also has a 20m x 40m arena, a 13.5m (44′) round yard and 3 yards of 8m x 8m. A rough measure of the track had me smiling broadly as it is roughly 300m long and if I do add the driveway and walk ways to it surrounding in the house yard I get another 300m which is covered in road base and will do a wonderful job of giving my horses a trim. I will have to take photos soon and put them to this post.
The ground at my place is rather varied naturally, sandy, gravelly and somewhat rocky areas. I do have a dam we dug last year and the horses love to go have a play in. The grass around my place is mainly native, though I have oversown some low oxalate tropical grasses. This will be an occasional diversion from the track for them to have a treat.
Well… once I have my extra posts and have finished the track … it will be interesting to see how the horses react. I will put my plan to paper and post it on here as well; at the moment it’s all still in my head, so stay tuned.
Cheers
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