Bright Turquiose Water Trays?

[Gamebird]

Seem to be a bit post happy tonight but we'll have to put it down to Husband asleep on sofa, rubbish on TV and can't go to bed until my hair dries....

Having had a guaranteed water tray jumper who turned his nose up today at a circular turquoise water tray with ducks in

was wondering about the best place to buy one of these for home (need not be circular!).

My best though was to buy a cheap door from B&Q and to paint it a similar colour but they only go up to about 6'6" long, so not very wide to put under a 12' pole. Any other suitably thrifty ideas please?

 

[Sarah_Jane]

What about a bit of cheap off cut of cloth or carpet with a suitable weight (maybe pole) at each end?

 

[connie1288]

probably get shot down for being unsafe but blue tarpaulin pulled over 2 poles on the ground??

 

[jumptoit]

What about a paddling pool? (with poles obviously) They often have scary fish painted on too, was this at Bishop Burton?

 

[Sneedy]

I was going to suggest tarpaulin too! Lucinda Green used it in a clinic I went to a couple of years ago.......very effective!!

 

[Jane_Lou]

I use bright blue rubble sacks , cut holes in the closed ends and shove a couple of poles through to pin them down. They are a couple of pounds each from B&Q and I have 3 that I use for my "water tray"

 

[jumptoit]

Or them bright blue bags you get from Ikea for about 50p

 

[Gamebird]

Will have a poke around various builder's merchants

Jumptoit - yes, it was at Bishop. Did look very similar to a paddling pool but a bit more rigid. Have honestly never seen anything like it and neither had Carthorse

so will need to jump one at home on a daily basis until next time I go

. It was under some of those wavy blue planks.

 

[kate081]

or plywood painted whatever horrendous colour you like?!

 

[TarrSteps]

Do you have the blue tarps here? If you want to get fancy staple them to a board at each end then roll or unroll to the desired width. If you want to get REALLY fancy, sprinkle with a bit of water to get the desired shimmery effect.

Otherwise, just chuck whatever you've got under a fence.

I find those very shiny black garbage bags are unpopular.

 

[crackersluvrat]

I bought some plant trays and painted them...worked a treat!

 

[Baydale]

I've got a proper Jump4Joy one now but used to use blue tarpaulin secured by poles, same difference really.

 

[Gamebird]

Am very close to buying a paddling pool before I go back to BB, not sure they sell them in February though.... Horse has jumped every water tray under the sun without a second glance until today so wonder if the circle is confusing him (suspect this might be wishful thinking!)

http://www.jumpforit.co.uk/pr14sept8/jfi_7835.htm

Just to prove my point!

 

[Mrs_Wishkabibble]

OH made me his version of a "water tray" with a shiny blue tarpaulin made into a rectangle with the frame made of copper pipe covered with the foamy pipe insulation. Nice and safe but my god is it scary!
If they jump that they will jump any tray!

 

[ann-jen]

I made one by getting a cheap piece of plywood from B&Q and painting it bright blue on one side as a water tray and dark brown on the other side so I could flip it over to be a pretend ditch. Think it cost less than a tenner in all.

 

[dixie]

It could well be the shape of it rather than the actual tray itself if he is a confirmed water tray jumper. I expect if they were circular they probably looked like large holes in the ground, hiding tigers!!

I would get bits of plastic and play about with the shape, size etc. Alternatively can you go back there and school over them?

 

[Marymary]

We have a paddling pool was well under £10 from Tesco

 

[JessPickle]

What about something like this covered in tarpulin

http://www.tts-group.co.uk/Product.aspx?cref=TTSPR592985&rid=34

 

[jumptoit]

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What about something like this covered in tarpulin

http://www.tts-group.co.uk/Product.aspx?cref=TTSPR592985&rid=34

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When I was little I had one of those shaped like a turtle, if he could jump one of them I think you'd be sorted!

http://home2.btconnect.com/aldershot-house/PhotoAlbums/album_1208035731/turtle2.jpg

perhaps a bit on the solid and possibly expensive side though!

 

[Gamebird]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Am thinking of getting one of these:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/pa...%7C12107856.htm

Might need weighting down with seome rocks though. I think it looks quite scary enough, and could probably be draped over poles too to be the world's scariest filler

 

[JessPickle]

I so might get one of those for me to try! we have a water tray thing already, my horse is the only horse who will go over it though