Tack up the horse first. Lead into the ring (in halter) tie up in there, set jumps. Then bridle horse and begin work.
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None of the boarding barns I have been at have a place in the indoor that is safe for tying a horse.
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Not to mention - talk about being in the way of anyone and everyone trying to work their horse.
You could get all your grooming out of the way, have the horse saddled - then set jumps, then bridle and enter. That way, you’re only out of the arena for maybe 2-3 minutes instead of 15-20. Less time for someone to take your stuff down.
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No need to tie horse. Tack and lead and teach to stand still or hold lead rope while moving the jumps.
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For tying in the arena, I feel that may be regional/discipline dependent. Many barns I see that work with cattle or barrel racing teach young horses to tie in the arena. It let’s them get used to the hubbub of a busy arena and practice just standing around.
The horses later move on to just being ground tied when the owner has to move an obstacle. I understand why even so an owner might still just tie the horse. Personally, I’ve only ever ridden one horse who I trusted to actually ground tie and even then if something had gone wrong (he just walked off and got into something) the blame would have solely been on me for not actually securing then.
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Have you ever tried to set a jumps while leading your horse? Even the best behaved critter makes it much harder to do.
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Got done taking care of the horses before dark and decided to fix the driveway. I was grading the damn thing until after dark. I got to use the headlights on the tractor! That was cool.
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Of course I have. Your well behaved critter has probably been taught to lead by following your feet and/or using the lead rope.
My horses are taught to walk when I click and halt when I say halt. They back if I say back and wave my finger. They will do this untacked near me or away from me or with a halter on and the lead in my hand or laying over my arm. It is not rocket science.
At home I can be in the arena alone. They stand still for me without a lead or reins on the ground as I ride English, not western, and English reins should never touch the ground.
I secure the reins down and over the neck, around and secured with the throat lash to lunge, retrieve the fork to remove manure or I leave the arena to get something from the tack shed as well as moving cavelletti and poles.
At the riding school I leave the halter on and hold the lead rope out of respect for those in charge - and not needing kids trying to copy me and causing problems. The lead rope is not actually being used to lead though. No one else can hear me click or say halt. It is just between the horse and I and their hearing is much better than people’s.
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Well this has gotten a bit ugly. At Liberty had her father call the BO and threaten violence, and had her boyfriend do similar (as well as turn it political).
BO has told her she can’t stay anymore, not with any horses.
I read the sale ad for the nutso mare - lies, lies, lies…
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Wow, classy family. Hope they are out of the barn & everyone’s hair soon! Yikes!
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I bet that went over like a turd in a punch bowl
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I’d have the BO report the threats to local law enforcement. Have a record and names in a report in case the violence threats are acted upon. Most never are, but all ya need is one crazy…
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Wow. Good riddance. I bet the place will be happier with her gone.
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What grown ass woman has her dad call a barn owner? On a three way conference call?
We always have some characters around, but we’re on a roll lately. Yikes!!
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Not sure what the point of this reply is?
Yes, of course it’s easier to set jumps and lead a horse if the horse is well trained, regardless of the training method.
Easiest is to do it without the horse.
Not sure why that point is in contention?
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I read Suzie’s reply of following or leading horse while setting jumps as a means of not losing the arena to my jumping session. Other posters say they leave to get horse, return to find jumps gone. If you are not present, arena is “free” to the person present!
I did not consider her rude, just pointing at a way to “keep possession” long enough to get her jumping done.
Certainly not easy setting jumps with horse, but she does get her jumping accomplished that day! Folks dealing with others taking ring over, removed jumps while getting their horse may have to be as creative as Suzie!
Of course a person finding an empty arena with jumps could think previous rider was finished and lazy, to not clear the ring for next user! Works both ways.
I would have horse with me, set jumps, not leave the arena. Harder yes but I would get my
my jumping ride done.
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I guess I am weird, because to me the first thing I would do if I found a ring full of jumps would be to go look to see who else might be using the ring and do that silly thing called communicate with them about it. “Hey Susie, are the jumps in the ring your set-up? Are you just finishing or just starting?”
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Oh, I agree. Having the horse with you while you set fences makes it clear to any observer that you’re getting ready to use the fences.
And I think it’s a wonderful groundwork and manners exercise to lead a horse while you set fences.
I found the training lecture rude, along with the implication that if we found this difficult, or more difficult than doing it without the horse, we hadn’t trained our horses correctly. 
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I think Susie (like myself) tends to want any reader to fully understand what we are talking about. The Internet does not let you “kow how much reader knows” to use your shared information. Reader may be very experienced or with their first equine. Suzie may deal with all inexperienced horse folk.
So saying horse CAN be taught with finger pointing, voice commands, needed expanded details. I found it interesting that she is the only person requiring hands-off obedience from a horse! Suggesting using this for person who keeps losing the arena, with complete confidence that they ALSO could get horse trained to follow as she sets the jumps.
I never take posts personally, they seldom know ME, most are in “lecture mode” to prevent misunderstanding by a reader.
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All good points, @goodhors!
Perhaps I’m just cranky this morning.
I try to avoid lecturing unless I’m sure my audience is actually asking for my input, however, that does sometimes lead to misunderstandings, too.
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