I was totally picturing a horizontal bungee or baling twine on the stall front, maybe attached to the the bars or whatever. That way it could do double duty to hold a blanket or cooler.
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Iāve seen the bungees for wrap containment in grooming or storage stalls. It might work horizontally, though probably not as well because the horizontal wraps (perpendicular to the vertical bungee) bunched together resist gravity, though you still need to have a fair bit of tension in the bungee.
Definitely lots of baling twine dispatched horizontally for blankets, pads, etc.
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Take a look at the tack room organizers at sstack.com under the Stables tab. Lots of good ideas there.
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Kind of depends on who grooms, the client or a hired professional groom as well as the barns at home routine. In full care at home situations, clients who want to groom their own can use their own tools which they keep in their trunk but if barn grooms, they use barns tools. Same at shows.
A Pro groom working at a show doing 6-8 horses will not be using 6-8 sets of grooming tools.
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I could spend the rest of my life window shopping Schneiderās under the Stables tab.
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The way I read the original post it seemed like this was more owners doing much of the stuff than pro groom doing all the stuff set-up. You described it as a schooling show.
I totally get if you (general) are in a facility with a pro groom doing all the grooming, with the owners being hands off, that communal tools would make sense, and the groom(s) would be using the tools they prefer in that case. Then yes, next time tells the horse owners to leave their own tools at home and you will simply bring what you like to use. Same for bathing.
On the comment about horses with funk not showing, that seems weird to me. A little skin funk does not seem like a reason for a good horse to not be showing.
Thank you for the picture Peggy and @MHM. For some reason my brain couldnāt get around a way it would work! Had one of those days at work. 
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Maybe require that those with individual grooming supplies bring their own tack trunk/Stanley trunk and keep them in there?
My barns have always used the tack stall primarily as a secure place to lock and store feed, tack, saddles and everyone kept their small stuff (grooming supplies, horse boots, rider attire) separately.
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The trunks can take up a lot of space in a tack stall, making it hard to get to things. If there are enough riders in the group.
I suppose many groups have the trunks out in front of the stalls during the day, and locked in the tack stall at night.
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Most of my group has the hanging grooming bag with hooks so they hang on the front of stalls. We got them embroidered. Lots of pockets to hold brushes, sprays, miscellaneous. And easy to pick up and move to different space or stall. I like it when I help groom/feed/etc bc if a horse needs ulcergard before breakfast, itās right there as well as other things we donāt want to find in a tack stall.
https://www.bigdweb.com/tough-1-portable-grooming-organizer
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I really like the sling-style wrap holders because you can shove wraps in there in the morning and they look fairly tidy until you can get back later and roll them properly. And you can stick other things in there in a pinch. Because theyāre open on the sides, thereās adequate ventilation (but any really wet wraps get hung to dry).
A clothesline to hang wet/sweaty things before they go in the laundry or are reused is very helpful.
Plastic shelves for pads, boots, etc.
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