I’ve though of a threshold but when a muck cart is full it’s hard to pull over it. I also have a 29 yo horse and like any elderly person don’t want something for him to trip over. He’s got old suspensory issue/carpal tunnel so not so hot on his feet.
But’s it’s the perfect idea othewise, isn’t it?
Right, anything with hooks has me leary. You know horses. But otherwise it’s a great idea.
The acrylic itself is sharp too. Not as bad as glass but still enough to cut someone up. I think rubber or wood are your safest choices
Really appreciate the continued ideas and creativity. I still have a vision of something I set down and snap into place for windy days only. But, second idea would be to velcro (thanks @Jarpur) something from the bottom of the gate - something removable. Most days are not windy.
But say every two weeks or so we get 10+mph winds. Want to avoid any more sweeping up as I’m able. Anything to avoid work that is not necessary.
They have brush door seals.
Maybe you can get them to make you one tall enough for that gap and attach it to the bottom of your stall guard and leave it permanently?
Should be safe enough for horses, if they don’t decide to play tug of war with the bristles:
Wow Bluey. What a creative idea. I’ll check that out.
If velcro wouldn’t work, look up ball bungee cords. I use them with all tarps now when I’m needing to hold one in place.
I have a 2x4 threshold on my stalls held in with open bar holder. They lift right out for moving the muck cart or you could easily pop it out for a horse. Really works great.
This is a traditional open bar holder:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gatehouse-Zinc-Open-Bar-Holder/50069795
I use these c shaped ones:
Although these look even better:
I also bring the muck cart through the stall into the run, and could never install a threshold permanently. Doing this definitely helps keep the bedding where it’s supposed to be.
Is there a chance you could post a picture? I cannot get an image in my head of your set up.
See this bar? How the brackets are screwed to the wall and the board sits in them? Do that at ground level across your stall door.
How about a shower curtain or liner? Cut it to size and length, wrap/staple a wooden dowel or something along the bottom for weight and wind resistance, and use double ended snaps through the holes to hang on the gate.
Grey
What if you just get a short piece of plywood that goes up to the bottom of the stall gate and attach it to one end of the stall side with hinges? Essentially a super short “dutch door” and put a lock clasp on it so you can “shut” it and snap it to the other stall end to stay shut, or when its “open” use a screw eye and clasp it back to the stall end that the hinges are on so its flat against the stall side wood when you want it open?
Or something like this, with all the airflow you have I really don’t think something just at the bottom will impeed anything :).
looking at the photo of the stall in question it appears the door swings inward …and the wall to right appears to be a solid wall.
So I would use a cut to fit 4 by 6 timber (or 6 by 6) which could be removed easily when desired
Door swings both ways and yes, solid wall up to the bars midway.
Yes planning to cut something solid, durable and hopefully light, with a flexible base that sits snug on the floor and hooks onto the back of the yoke door so no protrusions on the horse side.
Easy to hang and remove.
I loved all the creativity here and it’s helping me build something - a prototype. I’ll post a pic and then we can improve if necessary.
Merry Christmas!
The prototype and a test of 16mph winds for hours and nothing left the stall:
Solid piece of black heavy cloth bag I’d been holding onto for years wondering when I would use it, stapled to a 1"x47" wood piece with 2 rubber coated hooks screwed in, and another 1"x 47" slid in the bottom for weight.
My favorite door draft from the house at the base just for fun. Only there for the picture and now back in the house. The whole unit is easy to remove and stash away in between wind and storms.
All your ideas and creativity had me thinking out of my own mindset and really appreciate it.
Looks great, good job!
Hope that helps others with similar problems, thank you for the picture. 
Nicely done! And people wonder why I hoard weird materials- you never know when you might need do some (what I call) "farm engineering. "
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