Many years ago when I owned a horse, if I needed to buy horse supplies my parents drove me to a feed shop about 30 minutes away. Now a days I only need to walk over to my computer and find a tack shop online.
When I bought my horse, I didn’t know where to buy horse supplies. There were some tack stores in town but they only carried certain items. And there weren’t places to buy western show clothing. (I show in western pleasure and trail class.) However, after searching on the Internet, I found many places to shop for horse supplements, tack, and show clothing.
Caveat: When you buy an item online, especially clothing, the item’s color on your monitor may look different than it’s actual color. The reason is your monitor may display certain colors differently.
Used Items
Because horse items are expensive, we want to shop for the best deals. I like to buy used working tack and show equipment to save money. I even buy used custom show clothes online that look almost new. Here are my favorite shopping sites for used items:
Ebay – Used and new horse equipment, such as saddles, bridles, wraps, pads, etc. sold by individuals and online stores. I have bought many items off of Ebay, including show clothes, bridles, halters and a saddle! I have never had any problems. However, I would recommend going with a trusted seller to be safe.
Tack Trader – New and used show clothing and tack
Horse Saddle Shop – Quality western saddles both new and used
The Clotheshorse Connection – Consignment show clothes and tack
New Items
Schneider Saddlery – western tack for both Quarter and Arab horses
Sergeants Western World – western saddles and bridles for every day or show and western show apparel
Stateline Tack – an online store specializing in both English and Western horse tack
Horse.com – horse tack, including saddles, bridles, bits, pads and horse supplies
Rods – specializes in Western wear and clothing, cowboy boots, hats, gifts and horse tack
Smith Brothers – online horse catalog for horse tack and apparel
Supplements
SmartPak Equine – horse supplies and equine supplements
Equine Direct – equine and dog supplements
Have I missed any of your favorite sites? Please email or leave me a comment if I have.
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another good website is horseloverz.com just so you know
Hello Adrienne,
This is a great list of sites you’ve assembled. Although I’m biased (I do some work for Silver Lining), I definitely think http://www.silverliningherbs.com is an excellent online shop for supplement buyers – good deals on bulk, all natural herbal supplements. Please check us out and let me know what you think.
Thanks!