66 SIDELINES SEPTEMBER 2014
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Tammy’s tack store
Home Away
From Home
By Dani Moritz
We’ve all been there. You’re on the road traveling
to or from a show and you need to call it a night. You
have to find a place to keep your horse, unload your
horse, take care of him or her and tuck your pal in (so
to speak), unhook your trailer and then, after a long
day, you get to drive another 20 minutes to find a hotel.
Just the thought of it is exhausting. Certainly, there
has to be a better alternative.
As luck would have it, there is one. Just off the
highway in beautiful North Carolina, between Charlotte
and Asheville, is the solution you’ve been looking for —
and it’s called Bed and Barn Farms.
Nestled on a 30-acre property, the horse and human
hotel offers a four-stall barn, full-size sand arena, indoor
wash rack, fenced paddocks and 17 acres of wooded
trails. But perhaps the best part is that it comes with
a three-bedroom, two-bath apartment that sleeps eight
comfortably, complete with a full kitchen. That means
your horse isn’t the only one who will get a good night’s
sleep! It’s an equestrian’s dream come true.
The genius behind it is Tammy Martell — a horse
show mom who was tired of traveling with horses.
“While my daughter was growing up, she always had
her horses and my husband’s job required us to move
every two or three years, so we were always either
taking her to a show or moving and relocating,” Tammy
explained. “And every time you move you have to find
somewhere to stable the horse and somewhere to stay.
That’s what gave me the idea to open a horse hotel,
just from us moving so much.”
The idea was a hit. “At my place, once you’ve
unloaded the horses and taken care of them, you’re
right at your hotel because my rooms are attached to
the barn,” she said.
Bed and Barn is conveniently located off the highway
— only five miles away from restaurants and shopping
areas, 10 minutes from the new Tryon International
Equestrian Center and 30 minutes from FENCE
Equestrian Center.
Tammy also hosts clinics for novice trail riders and
horses, an annual equine wellness clinic and this
August she is hosting a Mark Russell natural dressage
clinic.
If that isn’t enough, she also fulfills equestrians’
shopping desires or needs.
“In 2010, I opened a tack store so if their tack is
broken or lost or even if they just want to shop, I have
a tack store right here — especially for people going to
the local shows,” she said.
Whatever your reason for staying, you’re sure to love
this home away from home.
For more information, visit
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Tammy Martell
Photos courtesy of Tammy Martell
A horse and rider participating
in a trail riding clinic
Equine
accommodations,
which are connected
to the human
accommodations
Bed and Barn Farms
