How big are your stables?

[air78]

How big are your stables, and what is the minimum size you would happy to keep a 16.2 in?
It seems most yards have 12X12' stables, which IMO are a bit on the small side for a big lad!
Please help as i've found a nice yard, but the stables are 12x12, and i'm worried about him hurting his legs when he rolls!

 

[bunnereeny]

how big is your horse?

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

12x12 will be fine, I've seen 16'3hh in 10x10 and been fine, rolling and all! Big solid banks. You havn't got 10x10 btw *for the pony owners* not that i fit in there any more.

 

[madhector]

cant vote as there is no options for 11.5 x13.5! dont ask, you would think if your dad was building them h would make them square, then again....

 

[air78]

My horse is an accident prone 16.2!

 

[Chex]

Just now the stable is 25x30ft for the two of them, but they might be going into the normal 10x14ft ones (one each). I think they look tiny, but it could just be compared to the bigger one!

 

[Irishcobs]

Well mine are a 3rd of a barn so huge. About 15x25. Would happily put a shire to foal in them. But I wouldn't put my cobs in anything smaller than 12x12 as they are just too big, long and wide, to fit in anything smaller.

 

[Lucy_Ally]

15' x 18' roughly as it is the old bull pen of a dairy yard. Minimum stable size at yard is 10' x 12' for ponies and 12' x 14' for horses.

 

[JoBo]

The boys are in 12x12 (I think) but Gem is in a foaling stable which must be 12x20.

 

[vicijp]

I have 3 12x12 and 3 12x13. 12x12 is what is deemed 'safe' under Jockey Club rules.

 

[Nari]

I kept my 16.2 ID in a 13'x10' for a few months (I desperately needed to move him & that was the only box free on another yard) & he was fine. I didn't think it was ideal but he had daily turnout & there was never any sign of he getting stuck or being worried by the box size. He's now in a 12'x12' & has plenty of room despite being a big chunky type of 16.2.

 

[Blizzard]

12 x 10 stalls, everything from a 17.2hh, to a shire to a shetland in them.

Never had one get cast or injured.

 

[conniegirl]

i have 3 15x15 stables (2 in use for ponies 1 being used as a tack room) and 1 15x20 stable (we were going to split it into 2 pony stables but my dad made it into a workshed whilst we pulled his down), as well as 3 pony stables of about 10x10. (currently used as a general store)

 

[showjump2003]

My 15.2hh cob is in a 14 x 14 open fronted field shelter with a post and railed concrete yard around it so she can walk about. My 15.3hh horse is in a 16ft x 14ft stable and my 14.2hh is in a 14ft by 12ft stable.

 

[tashyisaudrey]

my mare is 16hh, she has a very big stable, enough room to roll etc.

 

[Evadiva1514]

Ive got 2 14 x 14 boxes, 2 14 x 12 boxes, 1 16 x 10 for my boys which range from 14.2 to 15.3 and a barn which is about 15 x 40 for the babies.

 

[Enfys]

Smaller

10'x11' but apparently on the large side for here, I have one boarder stabled now and he's a hulk of a 16 QH.

I should think a 12x12 would be OK for a horse your size, I've had a 17.2 Hannoverian in a 12x12 with no problems, other than him snacking on the walls.

 

[the watcher]

My stables are enormous, but I have had my 16hh in a 8x14..he never got stuck in the short side and he has been in a 10x10 box before now

 

[Theresa_F]

Cairo is a 16.3 clydie and is in a 12 x 12 and is fine. Only downside he is a big horse and the stable gets very messy quickly and he tends to lie in his poo as he is also a very long horse.

Before that he was in a 10 x 14 - but found as he got older, he needed the extra width for turning, hence the change to the 12 x 12 which he is happier with.

As long as they get plenty of time out, cannot see any problem with a 12 x 12 for a larger horse.

 

[Clodagh]

My stables are 10 x 11. I had a 16.2 ID in them for the winter and she was fine, soon learnt the limitations!! Ideally, I would like them to be bigger but they are outside my back door so worth the compromise!
My current ned, 16hh, is happy to roll and all sorts in them, but they are turned out all day.

 

[xxcharlottexx]

mine is 13 x 14 and he looks huge in it, hes a 16hh TB but i would deff think a 12 x 12 would be fine if hes getting turned out during the day

 

[tanflislibs]

old stable was about 11x12, now about 10x12 and our 14hh fits really well, plenty of room. we were worried about her going in a smaler stable but there was a15.2 in the same stable and perfectly happy. the 16.2s at our riding school are in about 14x15 but thats a bit excesive!

 

[tanflislibs]

and a 14.2 got cast in the 12x12, it can ahppen anywhere

 

[Puppy]

I think Star's is about 14 X 16. Though she tends to live out at the mo as we have plenty of grazing now. She is a very solid 16.2hh. I think she's be okish in a 12 x 12, but I wouldn't really like to keep her in anything smaller as she does lie down at night, and is a bit stiff getting up.

 

[nomini]

My 16.2 is in a 12x12 stable, in an ideal situation i would like her to have a bigger stable but she seems quite happy in it

 

[mat]

Our stables are 20'x14' and 14'x14', we also have some bog standard 12x12 loose boxes

 

[Ferdinase514]

Measure mine today - 10 x 12

With a 16hh Finn in it.

But, he's just moved from a huge stable which he hated and is much happier so....

 

[FinkleyAlex]

mine gets cast in a huge lunge pen - he just prefers to roll near the edges and likes to thrash his feet in my face as i rescue him. Due to this I have to make sure he goes out everyday in the field (where he chooses not to roll next to fencing - oddly enough) and so when hes in his pen or stable he doesnt role. Its about 12 X 12 and he's as accident prone as it gets.

 

[_Jazz_]

Jazz stable is 12'x13', she's 17hh
It's just the way it is I'm afraid, I'd love her to have one about 20'x20'