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Minimum arena size2007-11-24 21:18:27

What do you think the minimum arena size is for being able to walk/trot/canter?

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I would suggest a minimum of about 80x160.you could go as small as 60 or so in width, but the length shouldn't be much smaller or you will be riding in a elongated round pen. Riding in a small pen really feels small when you are on your horse at a canter/lope... Doubling the width is a good way to create a nice length. I run barrels and don't really like a pen smaller than about 125x250.

Hope this helps...

p.s. Round pen size...50 to 60 foot diameter, anything smaller and you are limiting yourself and you could put a strain on your horses legs if you work out hard and at a lope often.

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50' x 100' but not for barrels or jumps. 100' x 200' for those. A round pen works fine for walk trot canter stuff.

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horses can w/t/c in a 60 foot round pen. so what your doing depends on the size. a standard dressage arena is 20meters wide by 60 meters long. or you could have a 125 by 225ft arena that you could do anything in.

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20 x 80 metres