Lyndsey, I love that video. I would also love to see Ben running with such alacrity! My paddock paradise is over one acre, although I use every inch, practically, of our two acres here. Right now, they are on the track by day and in grass by night. But I know people who have more space, yet confine their horses to very small paddocks within that space and strip graze them carefully. Good for keeping weight off, but not allowing any decent movement. As you can gather, I am a keen advocate for the track system.
Yes I love it when they run like that although I always get a few more gray hairs watching them!!
I'm also so happy with my pasture paradise lay out (actually I called it a 'race' as they do for the cows on the dairy farms in New Zealand - and it's kind of fitting when the 'race' around it!
But I guess 'track' is also a good name if you think 'racetrack'!
I do hope more people get inspired and set up their small pastures this way as I agree with you, it's so much better for locomotion. My horse's constantly wander around the race just checking out the grass under the fenceline etc. I also 'seed' it a bit with surprise bits of apple in the buckets that I have placed around the perimeter. They are just flat black rubber buckets with no handles.
Actually they get a lot more constant but minimal grazing by grazing along the fenceline. And there is twice the fenceline now. My outside fence is solid of course but the inside is just tape.
Anyhoo, lovely to see another track system advocate!!!
Any chance of more pics of your layout???
