0 Make Your Horse Look His Best With Horse Bling

By Antoinette Quinn


Bling has come at last to the equine world. Horse bling is now being used by professionals to provide an eye-catching spectacle. Parade horses need to be attractive. Even Pony Club members want their mounts to look as good as possible. Bridles and breastplates have been decorated for many years but bling is now being extended to bell-boots, manes, tails, hooves and other parts of the body.

One of the newer products is equine body stickers. These are available in any number of patterns from stars to skull and crossbones. Flowers, hearts, cupcakes and ribbons are other options. Change your sticker according to your mood or match it to the apparel of the day. Ranch brands, school colours or company logos can be picked out in bright stones to advertise your allegiance to an organisation.

Body stickers are non-toxic and self-adhesive. They take no time at all to apply. The design is simply removed from the paper and placed wherever you desire. Apply to a clean, dry coat. In summer, the design should remain in place for two to four days. In winter, five to ten days is more usual. To remove, simply peel off the design in the direction of the hair.

If your steed wears bell-boots, you are in luck. Bell-boots are available in all sizes and a number of colours including pink, red, burgundy, navy blue, black or olive-green. Gemstones enhance the hand-painted designs. Bell-boots are used in a number of events including rodeo classes, gymkhanas, Pony Club and barrel-racing events. Team riders can co-ordinate their body decorations and bell-boot colours and designs to present a matching picture.

English-style events such as showing or dressage also lend themselves to decoration. A carefully chosen browband shape and colour can enhance a beautiful head. V-shaped browbands look great when composed of a 5-row crystal chain. These chains come in silver or gold. A browband made of coloured ribbon and crystal is also very attractive. You may even want to have the name of your horse included in a custom browband.

The ends of the browbands may be finished with rosettes and short trimmed ribbons featuring the same colours as the band. Another option is a carnation. Red and silver browbands with carnation ends look very elegant on grey horses. Breastplates and stirrup leathers are other items suitable for ornamentation.

Matching bamboo canes add to the overall elegance of an outfit. Wrapped in crystal chain over a velvet base and finished with crystal ornamentation on the top and bottom, these are very eye-catching. For additional glitter, the entire cane may be wrapped in crystals. To complete a harmonious look, purchase stock pins and lapel buttons to match.

To create your own styles and patterns, purchase some glitter gel and stencils. Glitter can also be used on manes and tails. Awareness ribbons are popular and advertise your support for a particular charity. Adorn hooves with satin or glitter hoof polish. White chrome enhances white markings. Glitter eye and muzzle oil is also available. Gift packs of horse bling make a great present for friends who love their horses.




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