Stable banks - yes or no?

[horsegirl]

bank or no bank?

 

[rrose]

i have one back along the back wall

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Most definately yes - anything to help stop the horse getting cast and protect itself.

 

[LauraBR]

I don't. My first horse made a point of pulling ALL his banks down as soon as you put him in the stable so I got out of the habit. Realised with the horse after him that I should maybe make the effort again- first time I put banks up he got badly cast.

Given that the only time a horse of mine has been cast was with banks, since then I haven't bothered and have never had any trouble.

I'm not convinced banks make an awful lot of difference.

 

[lordflynn]

I do have banks (at livery) but tbh have seen a few horses cast-not one of which has been helped/hindered by banks! So not bothered-would rather the bed was deep.

 

[Bri]

I always used to have banks, but Sid tends to dig them all up so just stopped bothering now..

Echo what someone else said...I'd rather his bed was deep!

 

[spaniel]

Big banks and a deep bed here.

 

[mrdarcy]

Always. Three reasons - to guard against casting though like others not sure they make that much difference unless very large solid banks, to aid against drafts and finally because they look much neater than a bed without.

 

[tormor]

I have one nice solid bank along the back wall used to have them right round but django decided that the two on the sides were fun to pull down

 

[SecretSquirrell379]

Yep I have 3 banks. My stables are rubber matted with a 1/3 shavings bed. I like them for the same as someone above. They keep down drafts, helps if they get cast (apparently) and my mare uses them as a pillow I'm sure she does!! The bed also looks finished, neat and tidy I think

 

[Prudence]

Unless the banks are over 3ft high, they will have little impact on whether or not a horse gets cast and injures itself. For a bank to be that high, can you imagine the size it would have to be a tthe base...... You'd need a rather large stable..........

 

[showjump2003]

I don't have banks. I have rubber mats and only a small bed

 

[brighteyes]

What I always thought!

 

[MagicMelon]

I have rubber matting and thus dont use much shavings on top at all. So I dont have banks.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

i have rubber mats and a bit of banking,not as much as when i used straw when i think about it

 

[Emily99]

used to do 3ft straw banks at the yard i worked at in the foaling boxes and the big boys box!!

now use shaving and matting, so have small banks around 3 edges.

 

[ru-fi-do]

Rubber matting with shavings banks. My girl always pees in her banks so this works really well. I make them bigger in winter, think they look cosy too but thats me being soft!

 

[Tamara]

We dont bank after reading that they do not stop horses from being cast & can harbour spors & dust. We dont have gaps so dont have draughts. The horses have a good layer of bedown despite having rubber matting.

 

[Peanot]

My horse has rubber matting and a 1/2 shavings bed with big walls. Her stable is a long one and is about 11ft x 14ft, so the back half is shavings on rubber mats and the front part is just the rubber.
I think it looks cosy and my horse also uses hers as pillows like someone has already said above.