Area

Horses are naturally sociable creatures so it is best to keep more than one but you need to multiply your area accordingly per horse.

It is advisable to have a field large enough to allow you to subdivide it, and so start a system of rotation. By doing this, you allow the resting section of the field to recuperate, while your horse is grazing in the other half.

Try to work your rotation so that the area of field that drains the best is used during the wetter months and the wetter part of the field is used during the summer, when it should dry out.

Before keeping your horse at grass, you need to provide a safe and healthy field environment for it and there are certain things you need to consider. You need to allow at least 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares), (preferably 2 acres/0.8 hectares), per horse.