outdoor riding rings...?

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If you've got good dirt simply kill the grass and have someone come with a tractor and rototiller and dig up the dirt. This works best with sandy type soil. You can have some sand brought in to mix with your dirt if you need to. I'd stay away from hogfuel or wood chips.
 
What is the cheapest riding ring materal (outdoor)? Im going to collage in like 3 years we dont want something that will be really exspensive and not be used after I leave...Is there a simpler sulution then stone dust|? I also want to stay away from that begause its dusty and my horse has allergies. My ring right now is just grass but its getting very packed down and hard, so I dont want to hurt my horses feet or legs. What do you have for a out door? What is it made of? If you dont mind me asking, how much did it cost? and what size is it?
Thanks!
If I was to roadatill it how far down into the ground would I do it? like a foot deep? Is it possibal to do it too much and have my horse pull somthing or strain his legs?
 
If you decide to rotatill the dirt after killing the grass (which will probably be easiast), make sure it's not too deep and soft! A foot is far too deep. 4-6 inches of a soft surface is more than plenty.
Riding on a deep and soft surface is very fatiguing for horses, and the risk of a horse spraining a leg, stumbling or tripping are greater.
Also, it might be a good idea since your horse has allergies to mix the tilled dirt with a bit of peat moss to keep the dust down in dry weather. Good luck!
 
I do a lot of my work in the field and trails as we have no formal ring at home. Our round pen is worked up with a tiller each spring and we just drag it every week or two to get it even and unpacked.
 
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