Summary: A round pen is useful for starting young horses and teaching them how to lunge. Work in a small area where a young horse can be controlled with help from an equestrian and horse riding coach in this free video on horse care and equine basics.
Mara Keith-Hunter is a lifelong equestrian and head coach for the Hampshire College equestrian team. She rode in the Intercollegiate National Horse Show for both the University of...read more
"Round pens are a great way to start young horses. They're very useful for teaching a horse how to lunge because a horse is completely confined, can't get away from you. If you're starting a young horse, it's nice to be able to work in a small area where you have more control over what your horse is doing. And just a nice thing to have on any farm. And constructing this round pen... It's really just put together with a series of pens that keep each section together, very easy to construct, comes in just a large stack. And then as for the footing, it's important to have a nice footing in the round pen. This is a nice rubber sand combination. And to keep the footing kind of confined into the space, you'll notice along the side, there's just a simple piece of wood going all the way around the bottom, and this helps to keep the sand from going out and leaving the round area."
eHow Article: How to Build a Round Pen
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