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Innovations in Confinement Area Horse-Keeping | TheHorse.com

Innovations in Confinement Area Horse-Keeping | TheHorse.com Ever since I became a horse owner I have been a seeker of all things natural for horsekeeping. From pasture and paddock rotation to organic fly control and interactive curiosity stimuation. This article by Alayne Blickle for TheHorse.com, discusses an novel way (at least to me) to design and manage confinement areas for horses. Specifically, how to "keep it from becoming a muddy smelly equine prison." I cannot agree more emphatically with one horseowner interviewed, Kelly Munro. She says, “I believe that quality turnout time is one of the most important things for horses, so we want to create really healthy, enjoyable turnout spaces for each horse that are usable year-round." Kelly's solution surpised me. She designs her paddock/turnout/sacrifice areas by creating "track paddocks" with "rain gardens!" A rain garden consists of a "shallow depressions in the ground stocked wi