I know you’ve ordered already, but if anyone else is looking to do a little drapes, but is worried about one person set up, you could get a single panel style one (Scroll down https://www.rideeverystride.com/stable-accessories ). Or two, I suppose, for a tack stall. Not as super seamless and fancy, but still gives you something to hide behind while changing/drinking mimosas. And they velcro on. Which, caveat, may not be compatible with ever stall design. But in those cases you can hang some string and velcro to that. Easy peasy. No remembering the staple gun. Running out of staples. Not being able to figure out how to load staple gun…
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yes the big name barns are prestigious, at least with the Morgans even the lone owner showing their inexpensive horse that was hauled in on their fourteen year old trailer can walk out with all the top awards, and have a good time doing it.
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I don’t know if I should be excited, or curse you guys! 
I just ordered a custom trunk cover, wrap bag for the baby, and a custom stall guard. Whoops!
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I was about to comment that Schneider had a tack stall set on sale. Nicely done! Enjoy your quiet, small set up. Sometimes, I miss it. Being alone means you will have downtime, which is so nice. Are you on the Morgan side of things or the Saddlebred side of things?
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Saddlebred 
I have a dressage horse who has an alternate identity as a saddlebred hunter. I like to have a foot in both lands.
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Make sure you come back and share how everything went. I so miss ASB/hackney shows. The barn parties are so much fun. Where are you showing?
Saddlebreds are very versatile, they just often get put into a box of being used in a single narrowly focused aspect of the discipline
The Bridlespur show and yes - the Saddlebred/Hackney/Morgan peeps are the best partiers and the friendliest bunch!
I agree 100%.
Most people think mine is a morgan or a welsh cob or cross of some sort because he isn’t super upright (bred to the nines but came out lower headed) and he is very thick-bodied and has a lot of bone for his height. The “saddlebred” look only occurs when something has really freaked him out.
But we do a little bit of everything. He jumps, we dressage, he drives, and I’d like to add some long distance rides to his repertoire.
The one thing about all of these related breeds that I’ve noticed is also how smart they all are. Many people think they are “hot” when really they just like a lot of stimulation and variety because they are so smart. Mine can be spicy, but he really works hard to be safe and he just loves to work. I just have to keep in mind that I can’t school the same thing twice in a row otherwise that becomes “the way” 
I’m seeing more and more of the sporthorse community catching on to their versatility - mainly in the dressage & eventing disciplines. They can be very good jumpers if taught properly. The key is just being smarter than they are!
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Wing Tempo, an American Saddlebred, for a very long time held the top distance mark of 20,710 miles of judged miles ridden in NATRC
We have Morgans that we have used as you, in nearly anything a horse can do. Often, at least with our horses, they become bored with doing the same thing day after day after day. We never had a horse regress when exposed to a new discipline, when taken back to something they had done they just picked up where they had been.
Exposing the horse to multiple disciplines, the only drawback we had was finding places to store all that tack.
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My husband laughs about that. He’s lost most of his garage to my tack. 
And I’ve got a cart and other sundry items at a trainer’s place that we’re no longer with (she doesn’t mind, she’s welcome to use it with a horse that she wants to show). I only have two horses and I have 9 saddles.
I really do love the breed. If I knew a lick about breeding, I’d love to breed specifically for versatility and sport. For now, I’ll stick with the repurposing, because there are plenty of “show rejects” that would either be a. fine for show if given more time or the right division or discipline b. just need a change of venue and management.
I love Morgans and Arabians for that very reason too, they just tend to come in smaller packages and I’m 5’9" with a giant torso and long legs, and the taller ones come at such a premium!
yes garage, living room, dining room, and two real tack rooms
I am sure your horse will do very well.
Back to stall drapes, really I think our horses enjoyed the look of “Their” stalls, they seemed to have a more confident air about themselves. (Truly one, my daughter’s buckskin Morgan, really did not need the confidence boost as he thought no other horse was equal to him, but our quit mare who was very pretty seemed to like the dressed up stall as a backdrop to her beauty… here hang My Ribbon there in the center was often her comment)
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My first horse was a retired Saddlebred parade show horse. He did everything- we trail rode, did 4-H, showed saddle seat and hunters, went swimming, camped and I even rode him to school the last day of classes one year. He was every girl’s dream pony, for certain.
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If your colors include hunter green, I have a nice set of homemade-but-well drapes that you are welcome to have for the price of shipping.
My Morgan says this is not possible.
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well, our Morgans would not just say something they would write a non condescending (since they really like to please) dissertation to publish about their findings that the stall drapes were incorrectly installed also the drapes were not perfectly level.
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SS tack has a nice cheap set, of the front and a banner which you can embroider later. You just need the hanging brackets.
I don’t see how it takes much extra time, especially since most people come the day before. If I get there at 5 I have time to ride, set up my stall, set up my trailer, make dinner, etc.
https://www.sstack.com/dura-tech-six-piece-stall-front-package/p/17864/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwi7yCBhDJARIsAMWFScOdez-WVb7bx2gzRhFwGYhZ1lIivz4dTXatwp1-aMGkgDjJHh5O4yoaAs7LEALw_wcB
The saddlebreds would add that the decor was not nearly grand enough, and more carrots please and thank you 
My horse is Irish.
The drapes are not the important part. The carrot cooler is of an inadequate size, and the snack table is set up out of his reach. If not rectified promptly he will address the matter… by opening his stall door and taking the bowl of cheese puffs back to his stall to eat at his leisure.
This happened.
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our Morgan mare had her own credit card, she bought her groom lunch at least once a week
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