Horse Bling Will Enhance The Appearance Of Your Mount

By Antoinette Quinn


Those who love their horses can now dress them up with as much bling as they can afford. All riders from professionals to Pony Club members like to have their horses looking as attractive as possible. Those who ride in parades need to be eye-catching and horse bling helps them do this. Decorative bridles and breastplates have been around for a long time but embellishments have now extended to hooves, bell-boots, manes, tails and quarters.

Equine body stickers are a relatively new product. You can choose from skull and crossbones to stars, flowers, crown, hearts and cupcakes. Body stickers can be altered depending on the gear your horse is wearing. School colours, ranch brands and company logos can be etched in gemstones to make a very appealing design.

The non-toxic body stickers are applied in no time. They are self-adhesive. Simply remove the design from the backing paper and smooth it onto the coat. Designs remain in place for varying amounts of time depending on the climate. In winter, this might be five to ten days but will be less in summer. When you wish to remove the sticker, just peel it off in the direction of the hair.

Bell-boots are available in a variety of colours and sizes. Choose from pink, navy blue, burgundy, red, black or olive green. Custom designs can be hand-painted on the boots with features picked out in gemstones. These are machine-washable. Body ornamentation is now being seen at local gymkhanas, on parade horses, at rodeo events such as barrel-racing and Pony Club. Be proud of your team and advertise yourselves by sporting matching decorations.

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.

While rosettes are commonly found each end of the browband, carnations are also a possibility. Red carnations finishing off a red and silver browband looks very attractive on a grey horse. Rosettes and trimmed ribbons will match the colour of the browband. For added dramatic effect, add a matching breastplate and stirrup leathers.

Custom-made canes add panache and style. Crystal chain wrapped over a velvet base is very eye-catching. An equally dramatic effect is created by covering the entire cane in crystals. These are often finished with crystal ornamentation. Add matching stock pins and lapel buttons for an overall finished effect.

Glitter gel and stencils allow riders to create their own body patterns and designs. Glitter can be used on tails and manes. If you support a particular charity, consider stencilling awareness ribbons in the colour of your charity on the horse's quarters. Hoof polish is available in either a satin or glitter finish. White markings are enhanced with white chrome. Eye and muzzle oil is available in glitter. Those who love their horses will be thrilled to receive a gift pack of horse bling.




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