Show Jumps for the yard....

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I've decided that Jump4Joy show jumps will be best for the yard, but I'm not too sure how many will be needed
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The yard will have 30 stables and the arena is 60 x 40.
I'm really not sure of the quantity of jumps I will need! So suggestions are needed please.

http://www.jump4joy.co.uk/

I really like the stands, but do I need some wings aswell?
How many fillers? 2 or 3?
A water tray?

I've got around £2,000 to spend on them.

Thanks
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My yard is about the same size as yours (stables and arena) and I have 10 pairs of wings, 20 ish poles, 3 sets of fillers, 2 water trays, a gate, planks and a stile.

This proves more than enough to build a decent course that uses all of the arena.

They aren't jump4joy however. Budget wouldn't stretch to that...
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jump4joy is definitely the way to go, i sold a whole wooden course to get jump4joy ones! zero maintenance is a wonderful thing...
if you are going to have lots of youngsters, and maybe hold shows, then you might need the wings, otherwise the stands are enough i think. i'd rather have more pairs of stands, than fewer pairs of wings! i'd say at least a few fillers, the ones that stand upright in pairs are also useful for practising skinnies etc. planks are good to have, as are their white plastic square trotting poles - i don't think they're on the website, but they're great for placing poles, take-off poles, etc, as they don't roll.
if you ring them and tell them roughly what you want and your budget, they might do you a nice deal on a package...
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especially if you don't mind having their name on a banner by the school, maybe? just an idea!
 
I would have thought just stands, not wings as they take up more room. Maybe three fillers and a water tray. I got 6 pairs of stands, two fillers, a Road Closed and a water tray, then a pair of the telescopic stands so I can do arrowheads. I bought wooden poles though as I don't like the plastic ones. That was just for me though and for doing a bit of teaching, not for a big yard: it's enough to put up a little course or a decent grid, with enough spooky fillers etc.
 
yep, agree with the above. for decent grids, and/or doing a little course, you need at least 6-8 pairs of stands, plus all the gubbins to go between them! (at least 3 poles or a pole and filler or two poles and filler per jump)
i have a variety of different weights of their poles too, very light ones for babies early on, and for x poles as the front of a spread, and for lucinda-ish tricky distances and questions, then mediumweight for normal fences, and one or two of their really heavy bsja weight ones for sharpening up a lazy tapper! i like the plastic poles - if the youngsters will jump those, they'll jump anything!
their water trays are quite expensive though, i've found them cheaper elsewhere fwiw.
 
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