frozen surfaces

[loz9]

hi, how many of your arena surfaces have frozen over the past week or so? & what surface do you have? thanks

 

[JoBo]

Our surface did freeze but mainly because it had a good covering of snow, it’s usually pretty good. However it really needs topping up. We have sharp sand, PVC bits, covered in silicon.

 

[MrsMozart]

Sand. Frozen

So looking forward to having our own some day

 

[loz9]

thanks! luckily i think sand was already out of the running due to past experiences of them flooding, freezing & riding deep.
im hoping it will all be worth it when it is finished, but the 4''of snow covering it at the moment isnt helping things along!

 

[amandaco2]

sand. frozen solid for over a week

 

[Hels_Bels]

Sand, been frozen solid for a good 10 days already

 

[rara007]

Our Sand with plastic was frozen before the snow this time last week, unfrozen first day today

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

my sand and rubber one has been ridden in every day!!!!!! though it was a bit firm underneath on thurs, but still ok to walk and trot in, the rubber keeping it springy. softened back to normal now fine for everything! i put the rubber on 4 or 5 years ago as the pvc cables had diminished.best thing i did! it has very good drains has been down since 1997 and gets a lot of work, levelled every couple of days.

 

[Louby]

We have sand and rubber too but its rock hard now.