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A question for those of you who live in areas where
you ride in a lot of deep sand...does your horse get
conditioned enough to it that you don't worry about
strain? I'm asking because I live in the midwest where
deep sand is fairly scarce. I recently had an outdoor
arena built, but with one small (huge?) error....due
to a miscommunication, instead of 2" of sand, there is
6". Walking on it feels like walking on a mattress! I
want to ask the construction company to remove the
excess sand, but hubby thinks we should just leave it
alone. He says it will settle and firm up, and that if
we try to remove any, there's a good chance we'd
disturb the base and have a mess. I plan to do basic
training, suppling exercises, trotting patterns, etc
in the arena. Should I be paranoid about the strain on
tendons/ligaments from that deep of sand, or should I
see the glass as half full and find a positive in
having it? 
Thanks, Kristi  iluvdez at yahoo dot com   

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