Horse Walker Tracks - what do you have?

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I am about to put a horsewalker in at my yard, but was wondering about the different tracks available. I have a huge pile of hardcore ready to go underneath. I also have a pallet load of bark chips that I got cheap at a farm sale. I heard this tends to mush down too quickly though.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
when i had a walker, i had roughened concrete on the track, and fibresand to start with. i ended up chucking all that and just having concrete.
whatever you use, gets very mucky very quickly (horses dunging and then walking it round and round) so i think i'd use the bark chips if i were you... you're more likely to want to chuck them because they're so mucky than to wait until they've mushed down, i think!
you might need to vibrating-roll the hardcore first to get it absolutely stable, i reckon.
whether you need a softer track depends on whether horses are going on barefoot or always shod, too.
 
We have some sort of hard rubber matting (like the soft tarmac stuff that goes on children's playgrounds, maybe?) - PM Bossanova she might know what it is.
Either way get something that is easy to clean. We sweep our walker floor daily otherwise it would just be one huge muckheap, and although it's awkward after it has rained as it gets a bit sloppy (or while it's raining as it's only partially covered!) it's SO much nicer to have a proper sweep-able flooring.
 
Ours has a concrete base with a light sand layer over the top but its indoors and so not open to the elements and is regularly poop-scooped.
 
Do you find your horrses shoes wear down quickly with just the concrete? I can see what you mean though, much easier to keep tidy. We have one horse and a shetland without shoes, and I think the horse may get footsore.
 
Sounds expensive! Do you have any idea on costs for that? I think this is what my friend has on hers and she pressure washes hers every now and again to give it a good clean which works well.
 
We have rubber paving bricks in ours, and tbh I wouldn't want anything else. It's easy to sweep, hard wearing and non slip, whatever the weather. Concrete can get very slippy, and sand or woodchip usually gets a dip where they walk, so you have to shovel it flat again.
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