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07/08/08 09:28 , Categories: Safe and Healthy Horse Barns Tom Croce is a recognized leader in equine facility master planning and design. He brings to each project over 20 years of architectural and equine experience and his passion for creating facility master plans and designs that are healthy, safe, comfortable, and functional. Being and active equine competitor and managing his own small farm provide him with the understanding of the importance of planning and design in the breeding, raising, and training of happy healthy horses.
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I am researching safety standards for jockeys of thoroughbred horses whose job it is to excercise horses inside barns by riding them. In particular, I am looking for standards that address ceiling heights in these excercise areas. Are there any established standards on this issue? I live in New York, and the Building Code does not address this. Any advice will be appreciated.
02/15/09 @ 08:41
Comment from: Sara McKiness [Visitor] · http://www.horselogic.net
I was wondering on what your thoughts are for Outdoor arena placement? Many farms that I have seen put there outdoor arenas close to the pastures. I am concerned about this for safety reasons. I teach a lot of riding lessons to beginner riders, and am concerned because of issues that could distract horses from lessons. Any advice would be helpful. We are building a new barn in the near future and I want to hear the potential pros and cons to the outdoor arena placement.
Many Thanks
Sara
Many Thanks
Sara
10/30/09 @ 23:56
Sara,
That is always an issue with outdoor arena locations. There is no simple solution to isolating an outdoor from its surroundings. Simply allowing more distance between the arena and the pastures won't necessarily help since all horses will react differently to potential distractions, and trying to enclose it with trees or shrubs can just add to the problem. The only way to completelt eliminate the potential distractions from things happening outdoors id to build a indoor, but there are a few things we can do to help minimize distractions.
1. Keep the arena a minimum of 250 feet from roads, and provide a buffer of trees near the road.
2. Create a 18 -24 foot wide aisle between the arena and any near by pastures.
3. Create smaller pastures approx. 1 acre near the arena, and limit the turn out to one or two horses to each pasture.
That is always an issue with outdoor arena locations. There is no simple solution to isolating an outdoor from its surroundings. Simply allowing more distance between the arena and the pastures won't necessarily help since all horses will react differently to potential distractions, and trying to enclose it with trees or shrubs can just add to the problem. The only way to completelt eliminate the potential distractions from things happening outdoors id to build a indoor, but there are a few things we can do to help minimize distractions.
1. Keep the arena a minimum of 250 feet from roads, and provide a buffer of trees near the road.
2. Create a 18 -24 foot wide aisle between the arena and any near by pastures.
3. Create smaller pastures approx. 1 acre near the arena, and limit the turn out to one or two horses to each pasture.
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