Those of you with grass schooling areas, advice please?

[BuzzLightyear]

We've just marked out a 20x40 in one of our new fields but given the recent wet weather its a bit squelchy underfoot.

How do you manage in winter?
Do you only use it in spring/summer?

Is there anything we can do to improve it as we dont really want to end up with it poaching

 

[Boysy]

Grass schooling arena, only use it when dry, flat ground tends to hold the water too well so no drainage = furrowed ground which then dries into ruts which if no-one rolls whilst damp ends with no good use when the dry weather comes back.

 

[Dubsie]

Ours is a flat bit of well drained field (gravel base) . However we've nothing permanent - each time we put out cones, so a slightly different area is ridden on each time. Still gets a bit poached in places, and we can't use it in the really wet like today, as the grass is too slippy.

 

[badgerdog]

We only use it in the spring and summer, grass just gets too boggy. In the winter I try and school out on hacks and hire an arena from time to time. I hate the winter!

 

[MardyMare]

I have no miracle cure either I am afraid. I only have grass to ride on although it normally drains well even yesterday with the sun out its still a bit slippy after last weeks rain! Keep saying I will hire an arena once a week but it upsets the routine, its the cost and diesel of doing it too. Maybe in the new year once xmas is out the way.