Fencing is very important when ownong horses, your bouderies of your feils shouls be safe and strong, to kep yur horse or pony safly in the feild. When you go and look at a feild always check the bounderies to see what fencing is being used and also check that the fencing is strong enought to keep you horse or pony safe.

Visibility is the most important characteristic of horse fencing. Poorly visible fences such as high tensile and barbed wire fences should not be used with horses; the animals may incur severe injuries (e.g. deep lacerations and broken bones) if they become entangled in fence wires. Woven wire fence with openings of 4 inches or more should not be used since legs may become trapped in the openings. If you have a feild that is secured by barb wire fencing, for you animals safety you can run a strand of electric fence wire along the top, this wiil keep your horse or pony of the barbwire and save you avet bill in the long run.