Nicku from The Polka Dot Periodical is having a contest! If you don’t read this blog, check it out if you are an Appaloosa lover, an eventing enthusiast, or enjoy reading well written blogs by positive minded people! She’s calling for people to submit their favorite product under $50, so here’s my list! KL Select Fly Veils I have sang their praises before, but at $25.95 online with TONS of color combinations and exceptional quality… there’s no reason why someone…
Full disclaimer first – I worked at SmartPak while they were developing SmartSlim. Of course, I had absolutely 0 to do with the development of the product (the person who did is really, really awesome by the way) and didn’t do any original product testing or anything like that. I’ve just known about SmartSlim for a long, long time. So it’s surprising that it took me over 5 years to try one. When it was first a thing, I wasn’t…
Today’s mood board is created solely with Viva Carlos in mind. She has a love for Antares, so adopted navy and silver (Antares’ colors) as her personal colors. That being said, we are not featuring any Antares products today (even though they are oh so beautiful!), but you can get the same color scheme on a budget with some of today’s products! Navy is a classic equestrian color, and in my opinion the silver gives it some pizzazz with a…
Forewarning: this post has little to no educational value and is a monologue of me whining. You have been warned. I’m kind of on the verge of losing my shit, and I think I’m going to lose it over tall boots. I know the subject of tall boots is not new to anyone who’s been around this blog for a little while, but I have reached a whole new frustration level. Let me tell you a little story: Last October…
Time for another edition of the the Barn Colors mood board! This week I am featuring products that include black, silver and/or white. These colors are very classy without being in your face neon (although hey, some horses can pull off the neon!) and can be found in the hunter/jumper, dressage AND eventing circles. As for what color horses look good in these colors, I’d have to say almost all of them! Grays especially look very classy with a black/silver…
If you board or train at a decent sized barn, chances are they have official barn colors… or even if you don’t, chances are you have colors for your horse! I have always been a big ‘barn colors’ kind of person. Elvis and I were red white and blue for a while, then navy and white before I adopted Freedom Run‘s colors of Navy, Burgundy and Silver. At my new barn, the colors are burgundy and gray and it seems…
When I first started buying tack for Elvis, I didn’t see any point in buying anything name brand or nice. I would get the cheapest of the cheap stuff off of Ebay, and think I was a whole lot smarter than people who spent mega bucks on fancy stuff. Stupid them. Then I decided I needed a Western headstall in light oil with silver conchos. Had I shown Elvis western? No. Was I realistically going to show Elvis western? No, but…
From so someone showing at the local circuit who’s had a progressing trend toward hunter snobbery, I spend a lot of time pouring over tack catalogs and equestrian style blogs. In those venues, there’s a lot of emphasis on higher priced goods being the best possible thing you can buy for the show ring. A lot of times that’s true, but I noticed a lot of trends at WEF that showed me that sometimes simple is better. Navy Braids I’ve…