best way to keep horses outside pub/inn

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Hello,
I have a small Inn and restaurant near to several horse barns. Often, we get riders coming by who want to stop. What is the best way to provide a safe place for their horses? At the moment, I do not have space for a paddock or corral but could make one in the near future. Any advice? Also, how about a secure bar for tying? what are your experiences? I am also a rider and know the basics of horse safety....
recently, I wasn't there and riders actually tied their horses to a very weak fence by the bridles! I want to stop this kind of dangerous activity STAT
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Brilliant. We usually just hold ours, or if its quiet and theres a big garden, we sit and eat on the grass with the horses next to us. One pub has a hitching rail which is great. We bring headcollars and baleing twine if we're out for the day in case we find somewhere to tie up.
 
baler twine and some extra headcollars....great idea. I will have a hitching bar set up....a nice, strong one : ). perhaps some buckets for water?
 
When I was little I rode a little pony called Pip. My dad used to walk us to the pub and back every saturday - the pony learned very quickly if he was a good boy and stayed where he was meant to stay he got a pint before we went home :o :D
 
I wish there were more pub owners like you!

I would say a bar with rings and bailin twine. Buckets for water are a good idea. Esepcially as they will most likely be there on warmer days. Maybe a pooper scooper and large skip bucket? and a sign saying please pick up any droppings
 
pooper scooper....good idea! Why rings for the hitching post? just to keep the twine on?
laughing about the pint-loving pony : ))
does anyone have detailed building plans for a hitching post that I can give the handyman? I saw one recently that had blacksmithed iron rings keeping the horizontal pole attached to the vertical posts. I may have to start a new post for that over in stable management....
 
I'm coming your pub!:D

Make sure whereever you choose as a tie area is secure and out the way, so other customers can't get hurt. Ideally there would be some way of stopping any horse who breaks loose from getting onto the road(fence/gate?)

Maybe get ropes with logs at the end, so they can't get their legs round them. Couple of spare headcollar would be ideal too. A bucket for water and some hay would be nice too:if the owner buys something to eat the horse can have too?

We ride to a couple of pubs at lot go the summer and it'd be nice not to have to hold your horse(tho ours all know the drill and and very good)
 
three cheers for pubs that welcome horses :D :D :D


we have a few round here that do and they have a selection of options .....including


one just has rings inserted into convenient trees, the largest tree has three or four round the trunk.


one had a thick rope slung between two trees to make a hitching rail ( has the advantage over a wooden rail is that it can be taken down if not needed).


another had various loops of baler twine on suitable places like gates and stronger fences.





Agree its not wise to tie a horse by a bridle .... except bitless ones like mine that convert to a headcollar or a multi purpose one where the bit can be unclipped. As long as you pointed out to the rider that the headcollar is borrowed at own risk :rolleyes: a spare headcollar or two for those that forget to bring one might be appreciated ;).


Water for the horses would be brill ( I mean dogs get some at many pubs :D ) as thats not something we can carry.



I dont know the legal situation but off the top of my head I would say that if you are making horses welcome by providing tie up facilities that a little motice advising them them NOTto tie up to weker fences or by the bridles migh be wise as well as good advice ;)
 
I think its a great idea!!! love horse friendly pubs once i was exercising a friends horse and it went hoping lame got off was in the middle of no where found a pub to use their phone as i had no signal: they brought out a headcollar leadrope and hoof pick gave both of us a drink and even held my horse while i had a complementary plate of scampi and chips if only everyone took that attitude... ;)
 
Brilliant idea!

Ideally have several hitching points outside kick range from each other as not all horses are OK to tie up together even if they are ridden together.

Maybe a rail and then a couple of individual ones on trees or strong fence etc.
 
We have a pub nearby that actually has little pens in a row outside. Several others have hitching posts. Water is a great idea and maybe hay to buy, I wouldn't want my pony to have it freely available. Really nice idea.
 
Thanks all for the kind words and good advice.....I am in Slovakia and am not sure about the legalities etc, its not litigious here at all but can't hurt to check it out. Like the idea of the rings with twine scattered about the property as that would solve any in-fighting....
I have a small front garden that I could use, this would also allow the riders to pop out quickly to check on their horses. disadvantages are that it is adjacent to the parking lot and there is a road nearby. Could try to put something in the back but then the rider would have less immediate access to just take a peek while they were eating/drinking.....we have construction going on so I guess I will just wait to see how it all turns out and then decide where the best place is. For now, will put a hitching line up in the front garden, as this i quick and, as mentioned, removable.....
really looking forward to having this available!
@lydia-markwick: that's an unbelievable welcome you got there!! nice and I bet it was most appreciated by a horsewoman in distress : )
 
but even if you are so litigious where you are, it would not hurt to put up a very large sign saying that while riders and horses are welcome, it is entirely the riders risk and responsibility!

there are no pubs near us unfortunately despite it being smack on top of the downs. My one attempt at buying an icecream will not be repeated as horse had hysterics at being asked to go near it and not just walk past. Neither would he let the helpful onlooker who got me my icecream actually give it to me!
 
There is a pub near my sister that has post & rail type stalls, so each horse has a tie ring and a seperate stall to stand in.

My dad drives his pony, and regularly goes to the local pubs :) (I do usually accuse him of only taking said pony out when he is planning a pub crawl with her!!) Luckily Ruby has the patience of a saint, and is very pub trained, so often gets tied to the nearest bench / table! Definitely wouldn't be doing that with any of my girls I ride - but Ruby is a good girl, and she isn't left unattended
 
Luci07 : that is hilarious...I can picture this scene so vividly hahahaha! and still no ice cream for you....

and Flobell: stalls huh? that is actually not such an outlandish idea...we are planning (in the LONG term) to build some stable and indoor and outdoor rings (mainly for our own use). This way people could even go on longer trail rides with their horses, like an Inn-to-Inn sort of thing....that's pretty far in the future tho I'd say ....

I will try to get some pictures of the bar up when it is done, probs take a fair bit tho...
 
We used to go on a pub run every sunday and some how managed to eat a roast whilst holding a horse. The landlord had a shovel and some buckets of water.

My old boy hunting a stray peanut at the pub. I have also driven horses to the pub but the pub we go to has railings opposite side of the road so just tie up on there.

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