Actually, it's a future drop jump, with the possibility of water (from the irrigation system--the valve to drain the system is under the green and black housing). One side will use the railroad ties as a 24-30 inch drop, two sides will be sloped walk-ins, and the last side will have a scramble-up bank to the "road". I just got it started last fall, and will continue when I have time. the nice soft dirt will go 200 yards to top off the not so clean fill dirt at the retaining wall end of my arena.
The bottom looked all cracked and iffy (as far as Maddie was concerned) having been underwater during the thaw last month.
After a lifetime of working with other people's horses, I was able to start a small Paint Horse breeding farm, on the outskirts of the Kittitas Valley of central Washington state. Beginning with just one broodmare, then adding another, 2005 was the first year we had TWO babies to run and play and grow up together! Canticle (Kate) and Madrigal (Maddie) are now seven, and may someday become my replacement broodmares. But now is the time for them to learn to be riding horses, and, hopefully, to earn a bit of a performance record.
I am not so much into the "round-and-round" experience of the pleasure arena, so I will be looking at the girls gaining some trail mileage out in the "real world" in the coming years, and completing some Mountain Trail clinics and competitions. This blog will be the story of that adventure.
Awesome! That was like a meteor crater!
ReplyDeleteActually, it's a future drop jump, with the possibility of water (from the irrigation system--the valve to drain the system is under the green and black housing). One side will use the railroad ties as a 24-30 inch drop, two sides will be sloped walk-ins, and the last side will have a scramble-up bank to the "road". I just got it started last fall, and will continue when I have time. the nice soft dirt will go 200 yards to top off the not so clean fill dirt at the retaining wall end of my arena.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom looked all cracked and iffy (as far as Maddie was concerned) having been underwater during the thaw last month.