Hi guys,
I went to a class A (equivalent) quarter horse show this weekend and thought that some of you might be interested in what's new. Most of these horses and or barns had just come back from the World Show in Oklahoma.
Tack is getting heavier with the silver and the bigger skirts are staying. Lots of the saddles sported really big corner plates. Several had silver fake saddle bags on the back skirt. Several saddles had lots of silver spots for trim. There were some interesting stirrups with really wide end pieces that did not cover the tread of the stirrup, giving the stirrups sort of a two tone effect.
The men were still sporting the pressed cotton shirts with tan or black chaps. No more bolo ties though, they all had the short scarf type ties.
The ladies were wearing more a tailored look. They were wearing a lot of short (to chap top) tailored shirt jackets as opposed to the bodysuit type shirts that everyone has been wearing. There was still plenty of bling, but it was more applied to the materials in a pattern instead of being part of the material base. There were several outfits that had chaps the same color as the base shirt and in lots of colors.