Is anybody's school not frozen - if so what surface???

[Eventerchick]

Any ideas gratefully recieved. Bored of hacking overly sharp horses. They need some work!

 

[Mrs_Wishkabibble]

Trackright and Equimulch rubber. Never frozen and only time I havent been able to ride on it in 4 years is when there is a few inches of snow on it so thats nothing to do with the surface as such!

 

[Tiarella]

nope. not frozen, does have a layer of frost on it. but not at all frozen as in hard. people still jump on it etc etc

we just have rubber

 

[bex777]

We have Martin Collins Clopf surface....not frozen at all although it is firm.

 

[Jane_Lou]

Sand and rubber, sorry don't know the "make" but I do think it helped that it was dry before the cold snap, if it had been very wet it would normally have frozen.

 

[EquestrianFairy]

sand here... not frozen.

 

[pinktiger]

our arena isnt frozen,, is rubber and sand!!

 

[random_rider]

Sand here is as hard as a rock!

 

[RachelB]

At work we have some sort of majorly expensive Martin Collins surface. It froze solid for the first few days of this cold weather, but now it seems less solid on top and it's ok to ride on after only a short while in the sun.
At my old yard the surface is rubber - never freezes although it can be a little slippy when white and frosty.

 

[saddlesore]

Sand and rubber - mostly rubber - not frozen

 

[Gucci_b]

no, my school is'nt frozen

we have sea sand and rubber. -5 here today

brrrrrrrr

 

[bushbaby28]

i've got sand and rubber and although the rubber is ok the sand has all compacted with the frost and is solid! pretty sure if it was raked over it would be ok though.

 

[0ldmare]

Nope and I am told it hit -8 here last night so its a pretty good test. Its vaseline coated sand with a topping of PVC ganules. Never freezes.

 

[ajn1610]

Clopf has been fine for most of the time since 19th December there have only been a couple of days when it wasn't ridable. I love it it's a brilliant surface.

 

[Cluny]

Fibresand and it's sadly frozen solid and hasn't defrosted for the past two weeks! Lanes are also treacherously icy so can't even hack out.

 

[gemmaweir]

Mine has never frozen & its sand and rubber...its the rubber that stops it freezing, i no some people who have sand and rubber but it still freezes as not enough rubber, the rubber will get crisp but i love riding on mine when its frosty as slightly firmer surface

 

[custard]

Sand and rubber (springride), bit crispy in places but perfectly useable

 

[EQUISCENE]

4ins of good silica sand 2ins of rubber chip, not frozen at all still lovely and springy.

 

[ddd]

Charles Britton Sand and Rubber, never frozen, never a puddle, rideable all year unless thick layer of snow and that is only because it balls up in feet, last time it snowed we packed horses feet with playdoe on advise from my trainer and rode on it and was fine.

 

[jumptoit]

Wood fibre. . . oh. . . and plenty of drains!

 

[Sprout]

Sand and rubber mix - not frozen.

 

[loopylucifer]

ours is very frozen (southeast) its sand and rubber and also at another yard i work at same surface. think both were quite damp before the freeze so the water just froze it altogether dispite the rubber suposidly stoping it freezing! and as onafarm need to rideon farm land to hack whcih is veryfrozen and rutted so no riding at the moment!!!!!!

 

[hollyandivy123]

you might have a drainage problem and the reason it freezes is there is more moisture in it compared to other arenas, we have this problem

 

[flyingfeet]

I've got a sand and rubber mix and the topping isn't frozen, but the sand underneath is. So fine for dresage, but not defrosted enough for jumping yet.

 

[smiles24]

I've got crag sand on its own, never freezes, floods etc. had in down 3years now and never had a day when I could not ride on it. minus 2 today and the girls where still jumping on it as normal.

 

[Super_starz]

flexiride from equestrian direct - never freezes!

 

[Booboos]

Charles Britton sand and rubber - frozen solid since 31st December

 

[lilym]

ours is some sort of silica sand and rubber, it's still very rideable, although frosted on top and a little "crispy" it's certainly not frozen!! one drawback though is that it gets deep in hot dry weather.

 

[custard]

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last time it snowed we packed horses feet with playdoe on advise from my trainer and rode on it and was fine.

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Ooh, that's interesting, does it stay in the foot long enough to ride and can you re use it? Seen it used for x rays but not this and have reservations about how effective the vaseline trick is.

 

[Lill]

Ours doesn't freeze... its sand with rubber on top, with very good drainage!

The mirrors do freeze over though