Some blokes dig a pad, tip in sand and vanish. Six months later it's boggy, uneven, and your horses are pulling up sore. We build the base right the first time.
Fill this out and Chase gives you a call back himself. No call centre, no pressure.
A horse arena lives or dies on what you cannot see. The base. The fall. The drainage under the surface. Anyone can dump sand on flat dirt and call it done. We shape the ground so water leaves fast, the footing stays even after rain, and the surface rides the same in July as it does in January.
Your horse deserves footing that gives just enough and holds firm underneath. No bog, no hard patches, no puddles sitting in the corners after a downpour. We build a base with proper compaction and a fall you cannot see with the eye but your horse can feel underfoot every single stride.
Done right, your arena sits into the land like it was always there. Clean edges, level ground, drainage that just works while you get on with riding. In a year you stop thinking about the build entirely, because it does exactly what it should, quietly, every season.
A careless operator fights the natural fall and leaves you with puddles and bog. We read the ground first, then build with the contours so water always has somewhere to go.
We walk the site, check the natural fall and the soil, and plan the drainage before a single machine moves. The base is decided here, not on the day.
Proper compaction, the right sub-base for your soil, a fall you cannot see. We use the correct materials so it drains fast and holds level for years.
Even footing, clean edges, no puddles after rain. The surface stays consistent season to season and your horses work on it sound and confident.
That's the fear, and it's a fair one. A boggy arena comes from a bad base and no fall. We build the drainage in from the ground up and set a fall you cannot see with the eye. Water leaves fast, so you're riding again the day after rain, not a week later.
Lumpy footing comes from poor compaction underneath. We compact the base in proper layers with the right materials for your soil. That means the surface stays level and consistent, so your horses work on the same ground every ride and pull up sound.
Because they skip the parts you cannot see. No proper sub-base, no real drainage, no compaction. It looks fine on handover, then bogs the first wet winter. We build it once, done right, so you never pay twice to fix a hole in the ground.
No. We work with the land, keep the site tidy, and clean up the edges so the arena sits into your place like it belongs there. You get a finished job, not a scarred paddock and a pile of spoil left behind.
I run TASK Elite Dams out of Newborough and I build earthworks across Gippsland. Arenas, dams, the lot. I got into this because I was sick of seeing people pay good money for holes and pads that failed the first wet season.
For a horse arena, the base is everything. Get the fall and the drainage right and it just works for years. Get it wrong and no amount of sand on top will save it. That's the part I obsess over so you never have to think about it again.
When you fill out the form I call you back myself. I'll come out, walk your ground, and give you a straight, fixed price. No pressure, no sales pitch, just an honest look at what your arena needs.
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Straight fixed price after we walk your ground. No pressure, no sales pitch, just an honest plan for your arena.