TRAINING FACILITIES

ENCLOSED FACILITY

• Advantages:
• No worries about weather
• Energy efficient
• Year round use

ENCLOSED FACILITY

• Disadvantages
• Dusty when horses get moving
• Need to be lit
• Little circulation

OPEN FACILITY

• Advantages
• No energy cost
• Dust doesnt accumulate
• Natural light

OPEN FACILITY

• Disadvantages
• Need to be plowed
• Wind
• Weather

FLOORING

• Sand
• Grass
• Rubber
• Concrete

SAND FLOORING

• Drainage
• Soft
• Easy to manage
• Easy to groom
• Inexpensive

SAND FLOORING

• Dusty
• Needs watered
• Flies everywhere
• Gets in everything
• Can cause respiratory problems

GRASS FLOORING

• Natural
• Drainable
• Renewable
• Easy on hooves
• Soft

DISADVANTAGES

• Heavy maintenance
• Needs watered
• Horses just wanna eat it
• Needs mowed
• Stains

RUBBER FLOORING

• Drainage
• Barrier between hooves & cement
• Easy on hooves
• Traction
• Easy landing if you fall

RUBBER FLOORING

• Rubber burn
• Difficult maintenence
• Expensive
• Hard to clean at times
• Doesnt age well

CONCRETE FLOORING

• Durable
• All weather
• Easy to clean
• Patterned
• Provides good base

CONCRETE

• Hard on hooves
• Not easy landing
• Bad drainage
• Slick when icy/wet
• Expensive

SPACE

• Facility consists of 2 full size arenas
• Several round pens
• 1 acre per horse being boarded

MATERIALS

• Wood
• Concrete
• Metal

WOOD

• Appearence
• Versatile building
• Inexpensive
• Solid
• Absorbs sound

WOOD

• Weather damage
• Cribbing
• Breakable
• Splinters
• Not moldable

CONCRETE

• Sturdy
• Durable
• Weatheproof
• Good foundation
• Anchor for walls

CONCRETE

• Hard on hooves
• Sound
• Poor isulation
• Expensive
• Maintenence

METAL

• Weather proof
• Sturdy
• Long lasting
• Good wall anchors
• Wide selections

METAL

• Needs maintenance
• Expensive
• Possibility of rust
• Conducts electricity
• Poor insulation