Tack & Farm
Our Tack & Farm section features an Apparel section to find both practical and fashionable riding attire. If you ride English & Western or Race, many sources are available in the Tack section.
Building a barn? Need an architect for your equine dream home? Find one in Barns & Stalls.
Have a hungry horse? Of course you do! Find a place to buy your feed and tuck your horse in at night in the Bedding & Feed section. Looking for a place to keep your horse? You can find it in the Horse Boarding section. Keep your horse happy and beautiful with resources in our Grooming section.
Traveling? Find a Shipping company or Horse Sitting service if your horse is staying home!
Running and maintaining a farm or stable is a continuous effort, and to help find products or tools you need, please see our Equipment, Fencing and Management Tools sections.
Seeking Services? Find financial and tax expertise in our Accounting section. Companies who will help protect your investment are found in the Insurance section. For those who want legal advice about purchasing, liability, and other issues, please look at the Equine Law section to find an expert. Build and promote your business with teams from Marketing / Videography / Web Design.
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As horse owners who aren’t able to keep horses on their own property, we’ve all had to find a place for a new horse or move a horse from their current barn to another. Here’s a checklist of things to keep in mind when finding a new barn for your horse.
We launched a new service in our Horse Boarding section! You can easily find any horse boarding location on a clickable map with links to all the information you need. Find your barn then check it out!
Does this list look important to you? You can print it out to take it with you when you visit a potential barn. Or, just download it to view it for your phone whether you're connected to the internet or not.
Download this Checklist HERE.
HEALTH RELATED
- Veterinarian – Who do they use as a vet? Does your vet service this new barn?
- Feet – Who do they use as a farrier? Does your farrier service this new barn? How are the feet of the other horses in the barn?
- Horse Weight – Do the horses look well fed or are they skinny?
- Water – Do they have an automatic watering system? If so, are the dispensers clean? If not, is there ample water and are the buckets clean?
- Feed – Do they carry your brand of feed? Is the feed and hay high quality? If not, will they order it for you or do they have something comparable. Is it stored in a clean and dry place?
- Medication – Does your horse require special medication or supplements? Is there an additional charge?
- Turnout – How are the paddocks? Are they well maintained? Will they without broken boards or nails? Will have a paddock buddy or turned out alone – or with many horses? Is there a run-in shed? Are the paddocks cleaned? How long will they be turned out every day? Are they turned out at night or during the day? Does your horse have issues with being turned out next to mares or geldings? What type of fencing do they use and is it secure? Is turnout grassy or muddy?
Dustin Loftis, the man behind The Dusty Hide Leather Co. in Weatherford, Oklahoma, got his start in the leather business nearly a decade ago. One of his rodeo friends built him a belt and let him draw the tooling pattern for it. Dustin was intrigued about the belt-making process, so his rodeo pal explained the basics to him. “I gave it a try myself and was hooked,” he remembered.
Since then, Dustin has endeavored to learn as much as he can about the art of leathercraft. He’s been able to spend a couple days with Texas leathercrafter Britt Nantz, but seeks advice from Travis Stillson, accomplished leathercrafter and silversmith, often. “I definitely admire Travis’ work. His craftsmanship is amazing!” Dustin said. There is a long list of folks Dustin would love to work with in the industry, he’s just got to find some time do so.
by Kristine Norberg
Antiquated individuals were entirely substance to ride horses without Saddles. To be sure, in numerous parts of the world individuals still do ride "bareback" and it can even be a valuable path for riders to enhance their feel for the horses developments. Be that as it may, anyone who wishes to ride in rivalries, on the streets, or realize a large portion of the methods connected with English and Western riding should utilize a saddle.
Saddles given to learners at riding schools are regularly broadly useful saddles that can oblige a scope of various body sorts. Yet, for anyone who has their own horse, they should purchase a saddle that not just suits their shape and size, but the sort of riding that they will be doing and their horse's body. Consequently, it's crucial to have a careful learning of the distinctive sorts of horse riding saddles and what every one is utilized for. With an awesome information of riding saddles, you'll have the capacity to locate a suitable one for you and your horse.
Bowman Harness is sustaining a living heritage tradition
By Lynn Ascrizzi
The folks at Bowman Harness, Ltd. of Millersburg, Ohio, don’t put much credence into talking big or taking on airs — they’re too busy doing. In fact, the four-generation, collective family enterprise has been hard at work making exceptional harness products and providing dedicated customer service for 100 years.
“We’re not here to put out a brag story. We try to do good quality at a fair price. Quality is what we care about,” said Joe Bowman Jr., 50. He co-owns the business with his older brother, John J. Bowman, 52. As the Bowmans see it, good work always speaks for itself.
The business is located in Holmes County, an area that hosts one of Ohio’s largest Amish communities — a close-knit culture of family, friends and neighbors, where horse-drawn vehicles and farm work done with draft horses are still the norm. It is here that those who work at Bowman Harness produce a solid, handsomely crafted and varied line of traditional harness and harness parts, suitable for all types of equine occasions.
“We make complete harness in leather and BioThane— a lot goes to the Amish and all over the country. We also wholesale harness parts for other shops. Less than half of our harness and harness parts business is wholesale. Ohio is one of our bigger areas for wholesale,” Joe said.
If you consider that only 3 percent of all family businesses are still operating after four generations, it’s pretty remarkable that, for 10 decades, the related hands and hearts at Bowman Harness have been able to pass down, intact, their special know-how. In doing so, this unique company has managed to sustain a living heritage craft tradition amid a fast-moving, high-tech world.
Yet, their harness tradition is not a static one. It embodies an expertise that has carefully evolved over time. For example, some harness designs have been modified, for better function, such as the recently introduced Wither Relief Saddle, made with a horse’s comfort in mind.
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