New Riding Arena - Martin Collins Sand and CLOPF®

bouncy canter

half pass 

smiles allround

well with a lot of digging, srapping, loading, unloading, spreading, chopping, mixing, thumping and rolling we are about done with the extension and re-surfacing the manege with the a Martin Collin's Sand and CLOPF®

system.- This synthetic riding surface is the very latest in arena technology as has been quick to be adopted  by many of the leading professional eventers, showjumpers and dressage riders on the circuit including: 

Laura Bechtolsheimer, Nick Skelton,Burghley winner Lucinda Fredericks,  Matt Ryan - 2x Olympic Gold medalist.  It is the official surface at: 
Bishop Burton - training ground for the 2012 Olympics
Hickstead - Dressage Arena

 
For more product information :  http://www.mceltd.com/?page=which_surface&product=clopf

or datasheets got to : http://www.mceltd.com/files/documents/datasheet_clopf.pdf

As the CLOPF fibres mix and fill up with the sand the surface binds and takes on a unique quality that gives it its famous bounce!  Unlike rubber which cannont "bind" in the sand and only really sit on / or in it the CLOPF really does form a surface ...