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ESI is the Official Footing Provider for
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Our goal at Equestrian Services International LLC is to provide the highest level of quality footing, drainage, irrigation, and fencing to ensure the safety and comfort for riders and horses. ESI is the creator and provider of the best equestrian footing in the world. To learn more about Equestrian Services International, our products and services please visit our web page at www.esifooting.com |
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ESI TIP OF THE MONTH
Footing is essential. Your horse's health and performance ability depend on quality footing. Footing is to the horse as the shoe is to the athlete. Without the appropriate footing to give the necessary traction and cushion, your horse's health and performance ability will deteriorate. Proper footing is imperative in the training and performance of hunters, jumpers and dressage horses. The key difference is the depth and ratio of ingredients found in the top layer. Some sports need more cushion from their footing. Some need more traction. Others need more bounce. 
ARENA MAINTENANCE EDUCATION
Signs that Maintenance is Needed
- Footing has shifted to reflect traffic patterns
- Footing is dry and dusty
- Arena Foundation is uneven
- A trench is forming along the track
- It is hard to see through the dust
- Wet or slippery spots become chronic
- Stones or dirt clods are appearing in footing
- Pothole or gopher holes are appearing.
If you have any of these signs: Call Equestrian Services International today for a free consultation.
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To maintain your Arena at Top level and looking pristine every time, we have Custom Drags and Compact Tractors that offer the best reliability in the industry while saving you time and money on maintenance.
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Equestrian Services International Video Presentation
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ESI Just Completed the New World Dressage Complex
Preceding the beginning of the circuit, Equestrian Services International did a great deal of maintenance on the footing throughout the facility. We added more footing to the International Arena to make sure that the arena was in peak shape for the 2012 competition. We also completely resurfaced the International Schooling Ring.
ESI removed all of the existing footing and installed a brand new surface. The Rost Arena and Rost Schooling area also got redone this year with improved drainage systems and all new footing.
The most critical thing for the arenas is ring maintenance. Our staff at ESI worked on the arenas, they maintained the World Dressage Arenas, barns and surrounding areas.
Each week we were doing maintenance on the arenas before, during and after the Dressage Competitions to provide the highest level of expectation for the riders and horses .
ESP is a world-class facility with so many amazing riders and horses. It is Equestrian Services International's priority to keep the arenas in top riding form.
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Brittni's Blog
WEF Recap
Now with the 12 most exciting weeks of the year being over and before we have some fun in the sun throughout the summer, here are some of my favorite WEF 2012 highlights. |
- WEF 5- Started out the first of the big Saturday Night classes. 125k With 44 entered, 11 in all went to the jump off with only 2 double clear rounds posted by Lisona & Darragh Kerins taking 2nd and Indigo & Margie Engle taking home the win.
- WEF 7- Friday night hosted the 2nd round of the Artisan Farms Young Rider Grand Prix series. 47 went into the ring ending up with only 3 clears rounds by Dollar Van T Eigenlo DH & Caitlin Ziegler 3rd, Sandro & Katie Dinan 2nd, and Lordan & Nayel Nassar taking 1st. I rode Muriesco Du Cotentin having the last rail, which ended us in 7th.
- WEF 8- Friday night was the 75k Nations Cup night and one of the most exciting nights during WEF being able to dress up and cheer on your favorite countries. Germany took home the Honors, with Ireland 2nd, Canada 3rd, Great Britain & USA tied for 4th, France 6th, Mexico 7th, Columbia 8th, Venezuela 9th, and Austriala taking 10th. Sunday after-noon held the 150k. 49 entered with 11 clear and 5 double clear. Americas favorite little man Cedric & Laura Kraut 2nd , Carlo 273 & Nick Skelton with the win.
- WEF 9- Saturday night was the 200k. 45 attempted the track with an exciting jump off that only 11 reached with 9 double clears. Star Power & Captain Canada's Ian Miller 4th, Voyeur & Kent Farrington 3rd, Cristallo & Richard Spooner 2nd, an extremely fast Sanctos Van Het Gravenhof & Scott Brash took home 1st.
- WEF 11- Held the 2012 London Olympic Trials. The trials lasted a hard 4 days and 4 rounds. The end of the 4th round on Saturday night had two victors. Instead on a jump off for the title, Reed Kessler & Margie Engle decided to call it a tie between them.
- WEF 12- The 500k was the last Saturday Night class of WEF 2012. 45 hopefuls entered the ring with only 3 horse and rider teams that emerged to that clear round. With no clear rounds in the jump off, Quick Study & Lauren Hough 3rd, Star Power & Captain Canada's Ian Miller 2nd, Sancha LS & Daniel Bluman taking home the blue 1st place ribbon.
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ESI - UPCOMING EVENTS
Equestrian Services International the Official Footing Provider for the Ox Ridge Horse Show
Equestrian Services International the Official Footing Provider for the Devon Horse Show will do for 2012 the complete reconstruction of the schooling area.
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The most significant improvement at Devon for 2012 is the complete reconstruction of the schooling area. The third and final riding surface to be redone has been, by far, the largest of the three projects. For the third year in a row, Equestrian Services International was engaged to provide the all-weather footing. This year, however, the project went much deeper, literally, than installing a new surface. The entire schooling area was excavated to install a new water mitigation system. Brett Raflowitz, the founder and president of ESI, broke it down by the numbers: the schooling area at Devon is 135' by 250', that's roughly the size of a football field. Massive earth moving machines dug up mountains of soil and then installed almost � a mile of drainage pipe which is set into 3,500 tons of drainage rock. That's 700,000 pounds, the equivalent of 42 elephants. The drainage system in, the schooling area was then back filled and a level surface was created.
In addition to all of the work in the schooling area, the drainage of the Dixon Oval was further improved by increasing the drainage basin that collects run off from high northwest corner of the property. A system of sub-surface piping was installed to drive water into the water mitigation system below the schooling area.
Once the Equestrian Services International footing is installed, the schooling area will be re-landscaped. The new schooling area will not only be more safe, functional and aesthetically pleasing, it will also be slightly larger and allow for additional schooling time for the different disciplines.
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Brett Raflowitz
"I have been in the horse show business for 23 years and the footing business for 15. This is a family business and we are passionate about what we like. I ride, my daughter rides. We love the sport. That is how we got started. It is a family affair."
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