How Do You Build A Cheap Round Pen?
Round pens are a useful training aid for your young horse, giving both you and him a bounded area to work within and keeping the horse from escaping should he get loose. A pen also functions as a safety device for you, because there’s enough room for you to roll out beneath the lowest layer of boards around the fence if need be. You can save money when building a round pen by using regular posts instead of pressure-treated lumber for most of it and spacing the posts a little wider apart than you otherwise might. Mark the boundaries of your round pen, then measure straight across from one side of the circle to the other. This is the diameter of your round pen and should be counted in feet, not inches. Multiply the diameter of the round pen by 3.14–the resulting number is the circumference, or distance around the edge, of your pen enclosure, in feet. Subtract 8 feet from the circumference of your pen. That represents the gap through which you bring the horse. Divide the resulting number
