East-West Arena Construction Blog

The Silver Oak Jumper Tournament is scheduled for August 13 through August 17, 2014, here just 28 miles south of Boston. Fieldstone Show Park is the Northeast’s premier equestrian facility and they host four weeks of "AA" and 4 star rated USEF competitions every season as well as the largest Hunter and Jumper competitions in the New England Region. Those exciting experiences are held on 106 acres of an all-grass Grand-Prix Field, in a new ring layout, in five all-weather hybrid/felt competition rings, and viewed from new VIP and spectator sections.

When building your arena, one of the most important decisions you can make is the type of footing that you install. The type of footing you install will determine the quality of your arena. It will also determine the level of comfort that your horses and riders experience when they use your arena. Today, you are able to choose between traditional sand footing, or you use can traditional sand footing with a GGT additive. 

It’s the countdown to June 17 for the start of the six day 2014 Fieldstone Show Park Summer Series Equitation Show. Pre-entry for this premier equestrian competition closes on June 16, so plan now for this USEF L event. Plan now for the Hunter/Jumper Equitation Show at Fieldstone, located Halifax, MA, which is only 28 miles south of Boston and only 9 miles from historic, Plymouth.  

For many equestrians, no arena is complete without a set of safely constructed horse jumps ready to be set up. From grand prix jumpers to green horses still learning to move with even, powerful strides, horses at all levels (and their riders) benefit enormously from schooling over jumps.

Fieldstone Show Park gets its 2014 summer series underway with 4-star and AA rated USEF competitions. Fieldstone’s event lineup includes the Fieldstone Spring Festival, Fieldstone Equitation Show, Plymouth Rock Hunter/Jumper, FSP Equitation and Summer Showcase. The professionals at East-West Arena Construction are refurbishing six of the arenas at Fieldstone to ensure the best footing for all the performance horses and riders.

Grading is a term used in earthwork construction that means the task of establishing a level base or one with a specified slope. Grading is completed to establish a level base for a building foundation, base course for a road, rail or runway or landscape and garden improvements. The grading process includes using excavators and bulldozers to roughly prepare the area and then a grader to complete the finish grade.

Getting serious about making your facility dressage-friendly comes with some important decisions about dressage arena layout. There are several elements to a professional-grade dressage arena, and the needs of the riders who will be using the arena will determine how these elements look at your facility.

When sharing a warm-up arena for group riding lessons, testing or show situations, following 5 tips for equestrian arena etiquette is essential for the safety of riders and horses. Each venue has its own rules and regulations but following basic arena etiquette goes a long way to eliminate riding stress. Knowing what is acceptable in the arena and acting in a courteous manner will bring credit to you and equestrian sports.

Building an equestrian arena is a dream come true for horse enthusiasts and having the ability to use the arena at night is a bonus. Planning the equestrian arena lighting for night time use is an important component in the overall planning and design of the arena. It is important a lighting and electrical specialist be involved with the design of the arena. The lighting specialist should be well versed with the electrical code and high power voltage.