How many Strands

We put our pasture fencing up 18 months ago and love it so much that now we are ordering materials for a corral. We used two strands of HorseGuard for the fencing around our 8 acre pasture, but we did use one strand of a competitor electrical tape for one section (about a 200 ft. line). Our Nebraska winds gave the fencing the test and caused the non-HorseGuard strand to fray and actually break, while all the HorseGuard strands look as good as new. Thank you for a great product! Barbara C. Nebraska

1 STRAND

For an adult horse behind one strand, the height should be at 35’’.
This will not eliminate all the risks, but your horse will no longer be able to to get close enough to the fence to scratch himself or to overhang enough to paw through the wires.
In some fencing situations it is advisable to put two or more strands on the existing fence.

A single strand may be used to keep horses from a certain area to protect the horse or protect the area.

See the test kit #TK100:


Other uses for one strand of HorseGuard tape include rapidly erected temporary enclosures and movable cross fencing. Or when you need to move your fence frequently for a daily rotation of horses between fields.
All horses enclosed by a single strand must already be familiar with electric fencing tape.