TNCMSA no tie-out rule at Cookeville = more cost for shooters

[J Bar J Ranch]

There is a new rule by TNCMSA, recently in effect, that you can not tie your horse to your trailer during a shoot at Hyder Burke arena in Cookeville, even if you are a local just attending for the day, not staying overnight. We took 3 horses to the shoot last Sat , 2 of them just for experience, and they wanted us to pay $40 EACH for a stall. We have barrel raced at that arena for more years than TNCMSA has even been around and have NEVER been forced to rent a stall (they don't even have enough stalls). I would much rather tie my horse to my trailer for short time while it is not being ridden than put it in a stall that many other horses with numerous sickness/disease have been kept in. You should not be required to expose your horse to an environment like that for no reason other than money for the club. Their entry fees are already among the highest, now this. So if you go to TNCMSA at Hyder Burke arena and are local or do not stay overnight, put an extra $40 in your budget for the day.

[Eric McGee]

we Charge a $10 horse fee at our shoots. only becasue that's the fee the owner of the place charges us. the GA club charges a stall fee but it's because the place charges the horse fee. I know hyder Burke charges $10 per stall per day.

[J Bar J Ranch]

Where do you hold your shoots?

[Marty Luffman]

as close as you live to bristol you should be going up there.