Orangehorse
Well-Known Member
Well I did. As planned I arrived early enough to be right at the front of the car park as I don't think my car would do well on muddy grass.
I bought nearly all that I wanted - a warm riding coat, a gilet, socks, leather cleaner, high viz gloves, add in a couple of coffees and a potato and spent just over £200 not including entrance.
There were some apparently good bargains for things if you really needed them - Ariat boots for £100, etc.
I didn't get a high viz riding coat in the end, although I looked, nor are my gloves waterproof which is what I really wanted.
I watched two interesting talks - the first about the use of boots for horses - and a new on-line club for children called "Think Like a Pony"
Take away the riding clothes and what have you got? Not an awful lot. I didn't watch any of the main arena shows and there were so many trade stands that I remember and used to buy from in the past that were no longer there.
I got mostly what I was setting out to get but I won't be in a hurry to go back.
I bought nearly all that I wanted - a warm riding coat, a gilet, socks, leather cleaner, high viz gloves, add in a couple of coffees and a potato and spent just over £200 not including entrance.
There were some apparently good bargains for things if you really needed them - Ariat boots for £100, etc.
I didn't get a high viz riding coat in the end, although I looked, nor are my gloves waterproof which is what I really wanted.
I watched two interesting talks - the first about the use of boots for horses - and a new on-line club for children called "Think Like a Pony"
Take away the riding clothes and what have you got? Not an awful lot. I didn't watch any of the main arena shows and there were so many trade stands that I remember and used to buy from in the past that were no longer there.
I got mostly what I was setting out to get but I won't be in a hurry to go back.
Got a present for my SS that I wouldn't have got elsewhere and some tape worm tests. And changed my horses insurance saving me £60 a month so that was nice. Were a few big names missing and seemed smaller than some years but was nice to be back in the cattle sheds again rather that the weird arrangement they had to do last year.
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i bought a mochara jumper, an aztec diamond one and an olvossa one, plus some blackfort riding tights and joggers, and a fleece gilet. 2x saddlepads and a pair of ears, a mesh cooler, some silvermoor swingers and treatsies, and a stable toy! everything was a really good deal, but i sadly didn’t find a black gilet i liked! i’m after a nice warm one with a hood, ideally fluffy, but i can’t justify the price tag for the holland cooper one i want