This article is from the July 2020 Horse Deals magazine.
Western Australia based eventer, Sammy Bain, could add handy-woman to her resume. The 24-year-old who has previously evented to 4*, required a new tack room and set herself a challenge.
“This container was originally used for car parts,” says Sammy. “As you could imagine, it was stained all over the floor with oils and dust everywhere. So I pulled everything out and re-homed or sold the parts and started planning.”
“I pressure washed the inside and left it to dry then added the carpet, which instantly made it look ten times better. I enjoy working with wood so the majority of the fit out is stained wood.”
A vision, multiple trips to Bunnings, time and hard work has created a functional and beautiful space for Sammy to house her tack.
The container has a light and power connection for convenience. “I was always taking the Equissage batteries up the house to charge and I’d forgotten them that many times, something had to be done,” laughs Sammy.
Spurs hanging on the inside of the left door. The left door is purely boots, spurs and helmets and this door stays closed most the time.
This right door is opened daily so it contains items that are used daily. Home bridles hang at the top with three hanging baskets underneath. These baskets are removable. One contains brushes, another has bits and pieces like mane brush, hoof pick, sweat scrapper, scissors etc. The third has hoof oil, bit butter, gels or massage oils and bit latex. Below the baskets are spray bottles on a “towel rack” style rail. This is a super easy way to hang the bottles. They are out of the way but easy to get to
The competition and spare bridles are along the inside wall of the tack room. They are all cleaned ready for use.
Above the bridles are all of Sammy’s bits. “I like this idea as it uses up above head space that is hard to fill with anything. I love the look of bits hanging up like this too. A lot of these bits where my mum’s when she was riding at my age.“
The table and drawers contain spare bits and pieces and a medical drawer at the top. The lower containers house stable and travel boots and bandages.
More racks for halters, girths, and every kind of boot imaginable. The boots sit on pieces of dowel, attached to the backboard.
Cottons, woollens and winter rugs sorted on shelving by size.
Eight saddle racks are on the left as you enter the tackroom. On the bottom-left is where lunging gear hangs.
Sammy’s favourite thing in the tack room; the tool box! “It’s super handy to have; changing gullets on my saddles, any fencing requirements, fixing stables and everything in between,” says Sammy.
The Equissage is used almost daily so it is located in a convenient place with power nearby. Sammy created a boot holder and charging station too.
“I used to keep my saddle blankets in tubs and the daily ones just sat where ever was easy for them to dry,” explains Sammy. “This way I have all my comp and home saddle blankets together. They are out of the way and able to dry as the same time. I wish I made more racks though, I keep collecting saddle blankets.” Half pads are on the top row, jump pads on the middle row and dressage on the bottom.
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