HoofGrid for water-permeable horse stall flooring-footing at Louisiana Downs in Shreveport
HoofGrid in Stalls, advantages that count . . .                                       
(1) HoofGrid provides hoof-friendly natural footing stall flooring:
~ permanently water-permeable horse stall flooring with eco-friendly natural drainage,
~ while eliminating the routine stall flooring maintenance required for leveling, drainage maintenance, un-compacting the soil, and more ...
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(2) HoofGrid reduces monthly Operations Costs:  Bedding Costs, Bedding Replacement costs, Stall Maintenace Labor Costs, and Fouled Bedding/Waste Management Removal and/or composting costs...
~ in comparison to any impervious stall flooring/footing system (such as rubber horse mats, etc.), where horse-friendly bedding is used.
~ Because the urine immediately filters through the bedding layer into the subsoil, no ammonia vapors are created by evaporation.
~ In the subsoil, the natural microbes quickly decompose the nutrients and filter the water.
Resulting in reduced bedding replacement costs (no water-soaked bedding to replace), and greatly reduced bedding/labor/waste-management costs.
Bedding Cost Reductions will vary ...
The percentage of reduction of bedding costs, labor costs, and waste management costs will depend upon the local facility's operational practices.
If the facility removes daily all the fouled bedding (including the urine-soaked bedding), then they may expect a reduction of 75% to 80% - when compared to the costs in previously impervious stall floorings.
Even at only a 25% reduction, when using our Agricultural Equipment Leasing Program (to ofset the increased lease costs with the reduced bedding/labor/management costs on the monthly balance sheet)
> expect the savings to be greater than the monthly lease payments,
> allowing you to realize a NET GAIN on your balance sheet, the very first month ...
If you own or manage a horse race track in Louisiana, and need to increase the number of your stalls due to the implementation the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium model rules for medication.