Fancy resurfacing your arena or gallops with an Olympic-grade surface or Polytrak? Then bargains may be had – but you need to move fast

FEI secretary-general Ingmar Vos says both the arena and the cross-country course are in excellent condition ahead of the Games

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Things to consider when putting in an arena

Practical considerations for arena size and shape

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New rules may hamper equestrian planning permission

Securing planning permission for a new arena or stables could get harder under the government’s Localism Bill

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New Olympic-size arena for Three Counties Showground

Malvern Showground, home of the Three Counties Agricultural Society (TCAS), has added an 6,500 sq m arena to its facilities

Softrack arena surfaces has been taken over by Equibuild

A dressage rider plans to appeal after being told she must pay almost £2,000 in rates on her manège

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Building a riding arena on a budget

H&H asks the experts how to go about putting in a manege on a budget

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Hickstead to improve surface in the International Arena

Hickstead’s International Arena is to undergo improvement work this summer, with updated drainage and irrigation systems and new turf

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Zara Phillips installs an outdoor school at Gatcombe

The event rider says being able to work outdoors has already improved her horses’ way of going