Out here, 98% of how we stable our horses is with pipe panels. I have had a horse get stuck in the gate before, but if the gates are put on correctly, it actually will lift off the hinges and frees up the horse.
My horses do fine in the panels...18 years of it. If they get cast (my rocky stallion used to get cast all the time in the pipe panels as a young colt), they just hang out until help arrives. I naturally can see the dangers involved, but neither myself or any of my friends have ever had a problem. I did have a friend who had to euthanize her horses because it got it's hoof stuck in some wire mesh that was attached to the pipe panels (to prevent mane rubbing) and she broke her leg in many places.... Mary
