Stall Cards

Effective immediately (2005) stall cards must list the competitor's
rating.  The sex of the mount must be near the mount's age on the form.
Hotel room numbers are not to be filled in.  We want the name and telephone
number of the hotel and the name of the person registered in the room where
the chaperone will be located.  Cell telephone numbers are permitted and
encouraged for the stall card information on the competitor/Chaperone.

Whenever a mount is on competition grounds (including horses on the grounds waiting for the next of back-to-back rallies), a stall card must be posted on the stall or near the tie area with the following information:

• Rider's name, rating and number (for Tetrathlon, ALL riders using the horse)
• Mount's name
• Age and sex
• Temperature, pulse and respirations at rest
• Owner's name and telephone number
• Home veterinarian and farrier's name and telephone numbers (including area code) for consultation.
• Any known allergies the mount may have
• Any supplements or nutraceuticals administered to the horse.
• If applicable, the name of the mount's insurance company, phone number (including area code) and policy number.
• A picture or physical description of the mount
• A list of any stable vices the mount has
• Chaperone's name
• Where rider, owner, and chaperone may be reached when they are not on the rally grounds. If housed in a hotel or motel, the name and phone number (including area code) and the name of the person registered in the room where the chaperone will be located must be on the stall card)

Duct tape leaves adhesive on stall fronts and is not appropriate for hanging stall cards. A better choice is clear plastic carton-sealing tape to affix stall cards and tack/feed room signs to the stall fronts, and to post your feed chart inside your feed room.

With Oregon weather unpredictable and barn aisles open to the weather, you might want to put your stall cards/signs in plastic sheet protectors to keep them dry so the ink doesn't run and become unreadable. Be sure to remove all tape before you leave.

If it becomes necessary to contact the competitor, their chaperone or the owner of the horse, the HM Judge must know how to reach them. HM judges do not want to make important decisions for them regarding the welfare of the horse. You need to provide the name and number of the motel AND the name in which the room is rented for either the chaperone or the competitor. (In many cases, the room is in one name, but several competitors are in the room and not listed individually with the motel desk.) If an HM judge wants to talk to the horse owner, the competitor or the chaperone, talking to a desk clerk who says they have no idea what room these people are in does little good.

The rules have been set up to maintain as much privacy as is possible WITHOUT leaving the HM staff without the ability to reach someone. HM judges do not want to make important decisions for you or your horse. To return this decision making power to you, they must be able to reach you.

Example: In the middle of the night, a CHMJ finds a horse bleeding heavily. If the horse is insured and they contact the Vet on call and have them come, it may end up voiding the insurance. The horse dies and the owner is not happy that the Vet was called.

• If you simply say there is no insurance, the CHMJ knows this is not a problem.
• If you say there is insurance and who to contact, the Chief can try to contact the Insurance Company to protect your coverage. But now the world knows you have a valuable horse worth insuring and possibly worth stealing.

Only the stall card can save this situation. The CHMJ cannot stop and go back through entry forms to see if there is insurance. If the insurance information is on the stall card, they can try to protect the coverage you thought valuable enough to pay for. Even if the information is there and the CHMJ could not get through to the insurance company, they not likely to stand by and let the horse die while waiting for a call back. If you would rather void your insurance than risk having the horse stolen, then state that there is no insurance. If you want the coverage you paid for, you must tell us what the policy requires before treatment can begin.

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Last modified: May 22, 2004