DT> All the answers are expensive.  If we plant grass we have to water that
 DT> and kill gophers, or try to, ground rubber is about the cheapest and the
 DT> easiest to maintain but needing it for 5 arenas, 2 of them pretty big
 DT> its still expensive.
     I guess what I would do is try one arena at a time, so at least you have 
ONE that is good!
 DT> Its finally cooled down here.  I'm wearing long sleeves even in the
 DT> afternoon and the horses have quit sweating when just standing in their
 DT> stalls.  This means that we can ride at something more than a walk
 DT> finally.
     OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!  It must be a lot hotter there than it 
is here, or maybe more humid.  It's been in 80's and 70's last month, and 
70's mostly this month during the day but yesterday it didn'tget about 61 
degrees.  We are blanketing the horses who are under lights as it gets down 
in the fifties at night.  
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