4 Acres with 2 horses ... question

[Chukkas]

I am hopefully moving next week to my new yard which I am so excited about. I will have a large 4 acre paddock which is triangular in shape, I have 2 ponies one 13.2 and one 14.3 and they will be the only horses on the grazing, as the paddock is triangular its tricky to section off, If I adopt good paddock management and it doesn't get too boggy in winter do you think I could just give them the full run of the land without fencing any area off 365 days of the year? They will be stabled in very hot weather like today during the day and will come in at night in winter x

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I have a 14.3 & a 33" on 4.5 acres (actually less as thats the total including yard/stables etc) - they are currently using just under 1 acre & looking very well on it!
Been on this area for the past 2 months now, out in it at night & in a third acre diet patch with shelter or stables in the day.

What I'm trying to say, is that you really ought to think of dividing it up a bit, even to have 1 small paddock & 1 larger one.
Probably through the winter you could run them over the lot of it & save on hay feeding except in exceptional weather, but currently unless its already been grazed down to zero, you could well run into fat/lami issues quite quickly.

 

[cobgoblin]

4acres is a lot for two ponies in the summer, unless it's very scrubby grass they will probably explode.
In the winter you could quite easily end up with 4acres of mud and no grazing for spring.
Might be an idea to figure out a way to divide it up.

 

[TigerTail]

I have similar and mine live on a track around the edge in summer and the middle in winter. One lot of fencing, 8 wooden posts as corner strainers the rest are plastic job done

 

[Aperchristmas]

I have similar and mine live on a track around the edge in summer and the middle in winter. One lot of fencing, 8 wooden posts as corner strainers the rest are plastic job done

This was going to be my suggestion. They could probably quite easily have the run of the field in winter - it would poach a lot less as a result too - but unless half the field is gorse they will be obese within a week on 4 acres in summer. A track system would work well, or you could section off triangles within the triangle if that makes sense.

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

We've had three or four on five acres for over eight years now, divided into two sections. Currently three cobs (two 14.3 and one 15.2) on about one acre, and they're too fat. You will do best to divide it up somehow!

 

[Chukkas]

Thanks again people, I have 2 refillable troughs so will get the farmer to section off into 2 paddocks with decent fencing leaving a trough in each section x