JHR
New User
I have searched threads in here, I have researched for days on end, I have been in contact with a whole host of companies who supply equestrian surfaces until I am blue in the face, but I thought maybe someone here could help me make a decision.
I have an excellent quality school, good drainage, never floods, good sand. However, it is too deep to ride on in summer and freezes quickly in winter, and blows off down the field in a stiff wind! So much for all weather riding! I want to put something in that ideally solves my problems once and for all whilst not costing the earth and have concluded that rubber is the best answer. I can get Tyre granulate nearby for a good price but I have seen these surfaces many times and they seem to me to be better than sand but not the answer. They get deep after time like sand in summer and require maintenance and topping over every few years. It seems to me that the answer is large pieces of rubber that interlock, resist freezing, doesn't blow away or mix with the sand and get deep, neither do they apparently need to be topped up and they don't degree over time. I have a friend who competes ODE says the only really good rubber she has ridden in was Geoff Billington's and that was the large pieces.
Springride and Belvoir are both v helpful, claim that their surfaces do not get sloppy as they do not use silicon products in there and do all the things as outlined above.
Does ago have any experience of these surfaces or know anyone who does? Belvoir is over 1000 pounds cheaper and there is less info knocking around about them so would really love to hear peoples thoughts. Do these surfaces do what they say on the tin?
Thanks you so much for you help.
I have an excellent quality school, good drainage, never floods, good sand. However, it is too deep to ride on in summer and freezes quickly in winter, and blows off down the field in a stiff wind! So much for all weather riding! I want to put something in that ideally solves my problems once and for all whilst not costing the earth and have concluded that rubber is the best answer. I can get Tyre granulate nearby for a good price but I have seen these surfaces many times and they seem to me to be better than sand but not the answer. They get deep after time like sand in summer and require maintenance and topping over every few years. It seems to me that the answer is large pieces of rubber that interlock, resist freezing, doesn't blow away or mix with the sand and get deep, neither do they apparently need to be topped up and they don't degree over time. I have a friend who competes ODE says the only really good rubber she has ridden in was Geoff Billington's and that was the large pieces.
Springride and Belvoir are both v helpful, claim that their surfaces do not get sloppy as they do not use silicon products in there and do all the things as outlined above.
Does ago have any experience of these surfaces or know anyone who does? Belvoir is over 1000 pounds cheaper and there is less info knocking around about them so would really love to hear peoples thoughts. Do these surfaces do what they say on the tin?
Thanks you so much for you help.