Improve the health and productivity of your pastures by creating and using a paddock area where you confine your horses when they are not grazing pasture.
Saturated soils are easily compacted, suffocating the roots of grass plants.
How much compost or fertilizer you apply and the time of year you apply it should be based on the results of a soil test.
By dividing a pasture area into smaller fields and rotating horses through them, you can encourage horses to graze more evenly, and keep pasture grasses from becoming overgrazed.
Remember the golden rule of grazing: Never allow grass to be grazed shorter than 3 to 4 inches.