how to keep horse in field..?fence jumper.

[amandaco2]

my 3 year old WB 'dressage horse' has taken to popping the leccy fence in her field

first i just had short posts electrified
she kept popping in and out over that

so i got the taller posts with a seperate energiser and that worked for about 2 weeks but now shes getting over that too! the batteries are new.

the fence is still up and as i leave it- the smaller posts have 2 strands and the higher posts are set back very slightly in a seperate fence and has 2 stands.

the field is about 7 acres but i have my older mare in there with her and she has had laminits once so i dont want to increase the amount of grass they have (they have about 4 acres at the mo)
they both look well and there is tones of grass for them. shes definately not bullied, the older mare is her dam and they get on great. luckily she stays put on the right side.

anyone know of any super duper tall posts to put her off trying?!
i suppose i could muzzle the older horse and let them loose on the whole thing but i would prefere not to really....
i would have to carry water up if i put her in her own field, but i dont really want to split them up...

there are two other horses hopefully coming to join them soon so i am hoping once she has more playmates next month she will be less inclined to pop over the fence.....

 

[monkeymad]

My old horse used to do this, would calmly walk upto the electric fencing (like you had the very tall posts), put in one stride of trot and jump out! In the end we had to put another fence line (with tall posts again) about 10 foot behind the first fence and zig-zag tape between the two fence lines (so he wasn't tempted to try and bounce the two!)

 

[amandaco2]

hmm may try that. wil have to buy more fencing though.
flipping horses!