Re: portable corrals

[Stephanie Teeter <step@bluefish.fsr.com>]

A way to make the portable metal corrals 
safer is to attach plastic mesh fencing (sort of 
like plastic hog wire) to each panel. This
way the horse can't get a head or foot through 
or under the rails.

Steph

>>>>> "cberto" == cberto  <cberto@juno.com> writes:

    > Johnna, I'm copying to ridecamp because of what I think is a
    > safety issue with many portable corrals.  One of the worst
    > wrecks I've ever seen at an endurance ride involved a
    > free-standing metal corral.  The horse stuck its neck through
    > the rails to eat some grass, pushed against the rails, and the
    > whole thing folded up on him like an accordion.  Crashing,
    > kicking, horse upside down---the owner rushed over to try to