Horse Shoe Pit Clay - Bulk

Horse Shoe Pit Clay - Bulk - Price per cubic yard

Our clay is widely used to create regulation Horse Shoe Pitching and Quoits Pits. This horse shoe pit clay is found to have the desired consistency and is easy to maintain.

Regional trucking is available for Albany, White Plains, Hartford, Springfield areas.

Please call to arrange pick up.

The horseshoe pit clay weighs approximately 2500 lbs per yard so if you want to pick up, you will need a large dump truck, a regular pickup truck will not suffice. There is a two yard minimum for us to load you..

Making a Regulation Horse Shoe Pitching Pit:

Horseshoe pit dimensions as specified by the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association:
"The "Pitchers Box" has fixed 72"x72" dimensions. Within the box, space is divided into three major areas...two pitching platforms and the "pit". The maximum horseshoe "pit" dimensions are 36"x72" and the remaining space is divided into two equal sized pitching platforms, one on each side of the pit. Over time, rule changes allowed "pit" dimensions to be reduced to as little as 31"x43" (probably to minimize the amount of pit fill material to maintain). Pit width reduction simply allowed pitching platform widths to increase accordingly. Pit length reduction created "unused" space within the box, in front of and/or behind the pit. Those "unused" spaces are addressed in Rule 1, Section A-2-a, "If the pit is less than the maximum dimensions, the extra space shall be filled with the same material of which the platforms are made or some other material different than the pit substance, and shall be level with the pit and platforms." (Allowances are made in Rule 1, Section C, for temporary and/or raised courts.)"

Your horseshoe pits which will be filled with clay need to be between 43" to 72" length and 31" to 36" in width per Rule 1-A-2-a. The pits should be dug out 4" to 6" deep. Add some clay, compact and then add more clay. Moisture will have be adjusted according to your local conditions. Turn over the top couple of inches of the clay with a shovel periodically to restore surface.

Loading is seasonal. Please call in advance.

Our horseshoe pit clay can be custom blended to suit your needs.

The Sheffield Clay deposit is located in Sheffield, Massachusetts, on U.S. Route 7 in the Southwest corner of Berkshire County. It is situated in the Housatonic River Valley, 60 miles southeast of Albany, New York and 60 miles northwest of Hartford, Connecticut. The deposit is approximately 300 feet deep and is located on a 16 acre site. The raw clay is a pure clay, with no stones, sticks or other contaminants.