How Do You Buy Saddleseat Horse Show Clothes At Bargain Prices?
As if showing your horse isn’t expensive enough, you have to get a show outfit. This is especially important for saddle seat equitation classes, where a show outfit is part of the rules of the class. This is in keeping with tradition of the Old South, where saddle seat riding developed. But you needn’t break the bank with a show outfit. Your horse will have plenty of other uses for the money that you’ll save. Make sure you know your clothes size, hat size and shoe size. Measure yourself with a tailor’s measuring tape to be sure. Let everybody know that you are on the lookout for gently used saddle seat show clothes. Inform your friends, people in your barn, your trainer, your church or volunteer group. Go to all of your local tack shops and see if there is a billboard where people can leave business cards, “for sale” notices or “items wanted” cards. Usually, a small fee is given to the tack shop owner for you to place a card on the board. While you are at the tack shop, check and see i
