Imagine inhaling all the dust and debris from your horse arena
as you and your horse work hard in the horse arena. On average,
a resting horse inhales 150 liters of air per minute. Add in
strenuous exercise and your horse could realistically suck in 10
times that volume of arena dust. If your horse is older or has a
history of respiratory infections or heaves, he could be even
more susceptible to airway problems when breathing in airborne
arena dust and dirt. Arena dust is bad. But, maybe you feel a
little helpless to control the micro-climate that is your own
personal arena dust storm. How exactly can you keep all that
arena dust and dirt from rising? Here are some ideas to help you
control arena dust, from economical strategies to more expensive
ones: Dust to Dust It's possible your arena is actually a flat
spot in your pasture, or that your arena footing is made up of
the existing soil or sod. Not a bad place to start in terms of
dust control. If you have plans for adding footing, either all
at once or ove