List Your Cheesy Horse Paraphernalia

Posted by emily on 5/3/2007 on emily's blog

Sometimes in my day job as an equestrian (and sometimes business) journalist, companies send me "schwag"—freebies or samples of their products. Usually these items are quite small and don't cost much, which is fine. I get uncomfortable when the freebies are too expensive. Sometimes these items are awesome (like the recent Ultimate Hoofpick (shameless plug) by Thornhill, with a big handle and a place to thread through bailing twine to hang it up, and a nice, sturdy, but not too point pick end, or the Burr-out, which we are using to shed out the goat, but which is probably meant for burrs in horse tails. We have no burrs here in New Mexico, but the goat loves the thing).

Today's item, shipped UPS in a nice box, was a acrylic molded champagne glass with a horse head stem (called Stallion Stem, I am NOT MAKING THIS UP). Possibly the tackiest, but most useful, thing I've received this year. The plastic champagne glass has a flashing red light inside the horse head that either stays on, off or blinks. Stallion Stems would make the perfect item for picnicking at the Santa Fe Grand Prix over Memorial Day weekend, where we typically dress up in big hats and wear all our tacky, over sized horse-jewelry and sit on the grass (too cheap to pay the $100 for a table, even if it is for a good cause) and have a rather extravagant picnic.

What is the tackiest horse thing you cannot live without?
For me, it used to be an iron pot holder hanger in the shape of a horse, but Stallion Stems is my new favorite. I wonder how quickly they can ship me a full set?

update: The Lexington, Kentucky newspaper has already written about Stallion Stems!! Just in time for the Kentucky Derby.

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