Rubber Mulch Blog

Hopefully we should all know about the use and effectiveness of arena footing out outdoors and indoors. We should all know the health benefits for both the horse and rider and how it helps with the horse’s tendons and joints. Also how much safer it is for riders when they fall, and yes even the most professional riders fall from time to time and the arena footing does make a difference here as well.

People who have looked into rubber footing, they will know different grades it can come in and how long it lasts, but do you think many people have considered the possibility of using recycled rubber footing in other ways?

Horses are always on their feet, for a great deal of the time anyway, so why not let them have the comfort they deserve, even when they are in and around the stable area. You may think that having rubber footing in the stable or barn area can be dangerous with the amount of water that gets used in cleaning these places, but when you take a look at the rubber flooring available for your barn or stable you will see that they come with many different grades of grooves for extra grip.

Also think how much easier the rubber footing can be to clean and the fact that it can reduce the chance of infections. It can come in one singular length, with no irritable joins that can rise up tip people or horses; it looks much better than a concrete floor and has the same benefits where health is concerned as the arena footing.

When it comes to cost, some people think, why should I bother if I’ve already got a ready made surface?

The answer is simple really, when you sit down and think if all the costs of putting other things on to that surface for health and safety, the wear and tare on your horses shoes, hooves and joints. The fact that rubber footing has a lengthy life to it means any cost is actually re-paid, ten fold to what would normally be speny. When you have rubber flooring in and around your barn or stables, as well as arena footing, you win in so many ways.