Riding surface and method for constructing a riding surface

Abstract

A riding surface, having a stepping layer and a mat arranged between the ground and the stepping layer, drip tubes for watering the stepping layer being embedded in the mat, preferably in grooves on the side of the mat facing the stepping layer.

1 . A riding surface having a tread layer and a mat that is disposed between the ground and the tread layer, wherein drip hoses for irrigating the tread layer are embedded in the mat, preferably in grooves on that side of the mat that faces the tread layer. 
     
     
         2 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mat at least in regions is produced from a water-permeable and/or soft and/or damping material, preferably from PU foam rubber and/or rubber granules, in particular from recycled automobile tires, and/or from a firm material, preferably from PVC. 
     
     
         3 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mat is providable as rolled goods, and/or individual mat elements are capable of being snap-fitted to one another. 
     
     
         4 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the grooves are machined into the mat and/or or are produced, in particular by injection-molding technology, when producing the mat. 
     
     
         5 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the grooves are largely water-impermeable, in particular are coated with a water-impermeable material, and/or the grooves are configured in a water-impermeable material. 
     
     
         6 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mat has passages, preferably holes, which permit a penetration by water and/or largely avoid any penetration of comparatively large quantities of sand and other particles. 
     
     
         7 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mat, at least on that side thereof that faces the tread layer, has a structure, in particular a net or mesh structure. 
     
     
         8 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the drip hoses that are preferably produced from plastics material have valves and/or membranes that are oriented toward the tread layer. 
     
     
         9 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , for stabilizing and protecting the drip hoses and/or for distributing pressure, an intermediate mat that is preferably produced from PVC and/or an intermediate net are/is disposed between the mat and the tread layer. 
     
     
         10 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the riding surface, in particular the mat, is capable of being disposed on native ground and/or a drainage, in particular gravel. 
     
     
         11 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the tread layer is composed substantially of sand and, besides aggregates, in particular of a geotextile product, and bears directly or indirectly on the mat and the drip hoses. 
     
     
         12 . The riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a protective mat which is produced from a water-permeable and/or soft and/or damping material, preferably from PU foam rubber and/or rubber granules, in particular from recycled automobile tires, is disposed below the mat. 
     
     
         13 . A method for constructing a riding surface as claimed in  claim 1 , having a tread layer, a mat that is disposed between the ground and the tread layer, and drip hoses, wherein the drip hoses are embedded in the mat, preferably in grooves on that side of the mat that faces the tread layer.