Equestrian Spaces

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Equestrian Spaces
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Components

• Barns
• Work Areas
• Turnout areas
• Arenas

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Site Considerations

• Trees provide shade, wind breaks, and screen
  private areas
• Good water drainage
• Various types of lighting
• Ventilation
• Traffic areas

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Typical Barn Facility

• stalls
• feed room
• hay storage
• straw storage/alternative
• bedding
• feed storage
• wash and cleaning room (drying facilities)
• tack room
• utility stall
• manure disposal
• office
• lavatory accommodations
• equipment storage

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Types of Flooring

• dirt
• wood shavings, chips, shredded bark
• sand
• road base
• gravel
• wood
• brick
• rubber brick
• rubber tile
• concrete
• asphalt
• rubber mats

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Stalls

• Indoor living space for the horse
• Used for
• tending to sick horses,
• birthing (foaling),
• sheltering horses from extreme weather, and
• keeping horses clean
• Common Stall Sizes
• 10 x 10 3 x 3 Pony under 14.2 hands Usually
  under 800 pounds
• 12 x 12 3.7 x 3.7 Standard Horse up to 16 hands,
  800-1,100 pounds
• 12 x 14 3.7 x 4.3 Large Horse 16 hands,
  1,100-1,400 pounds
• 12 x 16 3.7 x 4.9 Draft Horse more than 16
  hands, over 1,400 pounds
• 12 x 18 3.7 x 5.5 Foaling Stall up to 1,400
  pound mare with foal

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Flooring and Bedding

• Draining or a non-draining surface
• Bedding provides a comfortable surface
• Types of bedding
• straw
• pine sawdust
• pine shavings
• shredded newspaper
• hardwood chips, shavings
• sand

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Feed Room

• Feed
• Corn
• Grains
• Oats
• Located close to stalls
• Bins should be lined

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Storage

• Hay located near feed room
• Size depends on the amount facility will hold
• Area needs to be dry with good ventilation

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Stall Flooring

• Soil (clay, dirt)- Relatively high maintenance,
  inexpensive, difficult to clean, but provides
  good traction and cushion
• Gravel, sand- Inexpensive, high maintenance,
  difficult to clean, good traction and cushion
  danger of colic
• Asphalt- Easy to clean, cold, hard, and abrasive,
  low maintenance, can be slippery, hard on legs
  and feet
• Concrete- Easy to clean, cold, hard, and
  abrasive, good traction hard on legs and feet,
  maintenance-free, slippery if not textured
• Wood- Nice, sound, slippery when wet, warm,
  difficult to clean and disinfect

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Stall Flooring Continued

• Draining flooring- Minimal bedding needed, urine
  accumulates under flooring, moisture drains
  through
• Conveyor belting- Easy to clean, very slippery
  when wet, difficult to handle and install
• Rubber mats- Quiet, can be difficult to handle
  and properly install, good cushion and traction,
  easy to clean, can gap and buckle
• Sand is not recommended because the horse can
  ingest the sand and develop colic, good
  traction if textured

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Grooming Tools

• Brushes
• Curry combs (rubber and metal)
• Electric clippers
• Extension cords
• Scissors
• Shedding blades
• Soft cloths
• Sponges
• Sweat scrappers

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Other Items

• Bell boots
• Lead ropes
• Leg wraps
• Longe lines
• Ropes
• Saddles
• Tail wraps
• Blankets

• Bridles
• Cavassons
• Chain lead shanks
• Crops
• Feed bags
• Halters
• Hobbles

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Materials and Tools

• Awls
• Hole punch
• Knife
• Latigo leather
• Neats foot oil
• Nylon string

• Rivets
• Saddle leather
• Saddle soap
• Sheepskin
• Waxed linen string

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Manure Disposal

• Positioned well away from stalls, but easily
  accessible
• Adjacent to a road
• Watch contamination

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Office

• Accommodate a desk, chairs, filing cabinets, and
  storage space for supplies
• Located in an area to provide supervision
• Equipped with a telephone and external bell or
  extensions
• Adjacent to toilet and washroom areas
• Often located near sleeping areas

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Arenas

• Sizes vary between disciplines
• Proper lighting needed
• Consider fixtures, circuit size, and placement
• Jumps used
• post-and-rails,
• stone walls,
• Aiken,
• chicken coop,
• brush,
• plank, and
• white gate.