Post and rail vs tornado wire vs something else?

[LittleOwl]

Looking for some advice on the safest and most durable paddock fencing for our ponies.

We’re fencing off a new section of our land for our ponies. The overall field has boundary fencing, however we need an internal boundary fence for the pony paddock to keep them away from our driveway, garden and the machinery we store in this field. We need to keep ponies in and dogs/children out!

They’re currently fenced with just electric rope so I’ll likely split the paddock up into sections with electric rope, however I’d like something a bit more sturdy for the perimeter. I’ve looked at horse rail/stud rail but I’m not convinced this will be any more sturdy than electric when it comes to tenacious ponies!

I’m weighing up post and rail vs tornado wire +top rail for the perimeter but I’m open to other options if there’s something better/safer.

TIA

 

[Timelyattraction]

I had tornado wire installed around my perimeter and it’s great. Especially useful if you’re wanting to keep dogs out as dogs would go under post and rail but they cant get through wire.

 

[PeterNatt]

I use Post and Rail with 3 rails and then Equi-Fencing (A tight form of sheep fencing) added to it to prevent dogs getting in and horses kicking through the fence line. Had it installed 30 years ago and it is still going strong.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We have tornado-type fencing with electric rope on offsets, purely to keep dogs and their owners out.

 

[tda]

Depends how much £££££££ you want to spend. I have a mix of P&R and electric but would much rather prefer Tornado fence but can't afford it!

 

[winnie]

We splashed out on tornado wire all round the perimeter. Brilliant though costly.

 

[Polos Mum]

Unless they are only massive dogs I don't think normal P&R would keep them out. Even P&R with four rails wouldn't stop many dogs.

We have Tornado and really rate it - mine destructive horses kick it, itch their whole 600kg body weight on it, run into it etc. and it looks as good as it did new.

Get it properly / professionally installed - tensioned. I have seen it looking terrible when it's manually installed and saggy !

P&R gets broken / vandalised (by my boys anyway!), chewed and you still have to have something else to keep dogs out (loads of electric or offset sheep wire) so for us Tornado worked out most cost effective - albeit definitely not cheap initially.

There are two heights of wire one 90 cms and one 110cms - depending on the size of your ponies you might not need top rail if you had the higher wire

 

[SantaVera]

Tornado wire with electric tape on top

 

[QueenBella]

I did my front fields with the top flexible rail and 2 rows of wire underneath. While it looks good and has been up for 2 years I've noticed some stakes have become loose from the wind so I wouldn't go for that again and also the flexible rail cant be electrified which is annoying so the horses are able to push on it if they wish.

My back fields I've done the perimeter with 5ft tornado/horse wire and a line of electric rope on top with offset insulators which I really like and holds up well.

 

[HopOnTrot]

Our rather wealthy neighbour does all of their fields in tornado wire, I lust after it!