Homemade arena and jumps etc?

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so, today I spent about three hours marking out our 'arena', it isnt actually an arena its a paddock but a big one so we use it for a school aswell.
We're currently using oil drums and laminated letters stuck on them. I marked out 20 by 40mtrs. (7 and 3/4 steps of my feet=2metres, *took me ages*) I but the oil drums in the corners because I didnt know that you were supposed to leave 6mtrs from the bottom i.e-H,M,K,F.:mad::mad::mad:

I was just wondering what other people do without a menage but still school on grass?! Mum got back today and said she wanted it all moved further up the field, ahh! all that time! I spent, my own fault though:confused:

Also, what do people use to make drums, again got oil drums, and normal showjumping poles, but you cant change the height.
what do people use?!?!
 
I use old road cones that seem to get lost! I bought the mini cones with letters on from Robinsons (about £20). I also have some old white gutters that I use as dressage boards.

For fences, we have five pairs of wings that I bought from a local RC that was getting rid of their old ones. I tend to use them for the fence, then make spreads with piles of tyres under another pole in front. Tyres are also good for making corner fences.

Most garages would give tyres away to you for free. My dressage board gutters were free from a gutter company, who are also delighted to get rid of them!
 
I got OH to know me together some lightweight jumping wings only cost me about 30 quid for the wood :) Cups i got 10 for 30quid off ebay and poles I got for 3.20 a pole from a sawmill and bought 8 :)

I rescued some traffice cones and cut the tops off them at various heights as well to make jumps and made letters on them with masking tape (black) for dressage markers :)

If you put a little work in who needs a posh arena :D I competed just from working my horses on grass fields for years and still came home with rossers :D
 
A row of feed bickets make a great impromtu jump. Not high I know but surprisingly difficult to get horses to jump them. If you do it as a group then everytime you jump over it take one bucket away until you are left with only one bucket. (Otherwise known as bucket elimination.) If you miss it or kick one over you're out. The one left at the end wins. Its great for accuracy.
 
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