Paddock Care and Maintenance
We provide a wide range of professional services to meet your needs. We promise to provide every service with a smile, and to your highest level of satisfaction.
Paddock Care and Maintenance
We offer the following paddock maintenance services in and around Shropshire:
Re-Seeding, topping, chain harrowing, rolling, fertiliser, mole ploughing, renovation
Maintenance
Our services cover all aspects of equestrian surface maintenance and refurbishment, including cleaning, leveling, re-texturing, and top-up. We have extensive experience in working with a range of equestrian surfaces, including sand, rubber, and synthetic surfaces.
Cleaning:
We understand that a clean equestrian surface is essential to prevent the buildup of debris and to ensure the safety and performance of your horses. Our team offers a comprehensive cleaning service to remove debris, dust, and other contaminants from the surface.
Leveling:
A level equestrian surface is essential to prevent injury and ensure that your horse can perform to their best ability. Our team has the expertise to level your surface, ensuring that it is free from any uneven areas that could cause injury or discomfort.
Re-texturing:
Re-texturing your equestrian surface is an essential part of the maintenance process. Our team can re-texture your surface to improve its performance and provide better traction for your horses.
Top-up:
Over time, equestrian surfaces can become compacted, and the surface level may drop. Our team can top-up your surface with additional material, ensuring that it maintains the correct level and performance for your horses.
We are committed to providing high-quality services that ensure the safety and performance of your horses. We use only the best materials and techniques to ensure that your equestrian surface is well-maintained and long-lasting.
Contact us today for a free quote and let us help you maintain your equestrian surface to the highest standard.
Track Systems
‘Paddock Paradise’ also known in the UK as Track Systems, the concept was championed by Jaime Jackson in an effort to mimic the environment and feeding habits of wild/ feral horses he observed in the Great Basins of America.
"A PP will encourage movement even on small acreages. It allows horses to live more closely to the manner nature intended, moving freely 24/7 and eating in a more natural way by having constant access to the right kinds of food placed strategically throughout their track." AANCHP
The whole idea of the track is to provide a positive environment in which your horse can freely move, socialise with other horses and where you can easily control their diet towards one that suits them best.
A paddock is divided into lanes, or a track around the outskirts of the field, and the horse moves around the track whilst grazing and results in healthier & happier horses.
Grass is generally limited, either through choice or the gradual reduction of species through trampling and over grazing. This is an important element of track system, as if the grass was long enough, the horses would not move as much to find the next mouthful. As such, people who use a track system generally supplement hay daily, placing it at positions around the track to encourage movement and ideally one or two water holes to further encourage movement. In a wild environment of course, horses, sheep, goats etc create their own tracks which they follow. The grass that the horse is not grazing (in the middle of the track) can be mowed for hay, or saved as grazing for the winter.
In a domestic environment the track is created by permanent fencing, electric fencing or a combination of both. You can simply keep the track natural in places, especially if you are lucky enough to have a wooded area, stream or other natural features and add hardcore or pea gravel in other areas, maybe where it could be muddy in winter or places of heavy traffic. A ‘sand pit’ can also be added for the horses to roll in and any earth moved may be used to create an interesting bank or feature for the horses to play on and around.
We would love to work with you creating a track system to suit your land and your horses.
Interested in our services? We’re here to help!
We want to know your needs exactly so that we can provide the perfect solution. Let us know what you want and we’ll do our best to help.
CONTACT
Ian Pearce Ltd T/A Shropshire Arenas
1 Tedstill Cottages, Middleton Scriven, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
WV16 6AH
Company Number: 04978727
VAT Number: 655312154
