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Location: STOCKDALE, TX USA | What have been your favorite and or most used awards? (Yes, I am working on year end awards).
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| buckles, headstall/breastcollar combo, saddles  (But not the really cheap leather from India with the horrible paper-thin hardware.) |
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| Personalized Bronc Halters, Embroidered fly sheets, fly boots, smb's, hay bags, grooming totes, over and unders.. |
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Location: KS | Bronc halters, buckles, saddles (of course!) or a horse sheet. |
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Location: Idaho | Stirrups, headstalls and breastcollars, blankets, horse coolers, my favorite is my breastcollar with the buckle in the middle..but love my metal stirrups too! |
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| I say stay away from tack sets due to everyone having different tastes and (for me anyways) usually end up sitting in a room or just on a random spare bit. Think of common things you use at a barrel race or see what others use a lot. Back on Track, ShooFly Boots, picture frame with buckle holders, accessories that people wear with their horses (saddle crosses over & unders) any storage for the trailer is usually good! |
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Location: STOCKDALE, TX USA | momrunsbarrels - 2015-07-15 2:55 PM
What have been your favorite and or most used awards? (Yes, I am working on year end awards).
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| Gift certificates to a certain retailer. We do this every year here and it makes sense and people can get what they want. Last year I won my division and was awarded an $1100 gift certificate to a tack shop. I chose a saddle, made to my specifications and had the lettering added etc. Everyone who won their division got the same 1100. If you didnt want a saddle you could buy anything from that store you wanted and it included lettering. Everyone was happy! Oh, and you could take the cash to if you wanted! |
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| Chairs are good. Like bag chairs or director chairs. I have 7 of these from all around awards and the bag chairs are used a lot. |
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| I personally love getting a good quality tack set as an award **(and bling doesn't hurt either!)  |
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Location: WI | I won a pair of Luan's Spur Straps last year, and I use them everyday! Our district came up with a list of awards we could choose from and had us rank our choices. I thought that was a good idea - everyone gets what they want :-) |
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Location: Alabama | When I did awards for our club, I offered 3 options at each prize level. People *loved* being about to choose what they wanted. Also, if they won more than 1 award, they had to pick an actual prize at the highest award level. All other prizes had the option of money. The best quality for the lowest price I found was at e-customtack |
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| Everyone always says saddles saddles saddles, but when it comes down to it, they end up being sold rather than used or stashed away in their living rooms. I've had a lot of success with personalizing awards so that the person likes/uses that color or design and will actually use it verses getting all generic colors and designs.
ETA: I am looking into trying to do BOT stuff, Pop-Up tents (everyone uses those here in NC on a hot summer day!), Yeti Coolers, Muck Carts, etc. different stuff than I've given in years past.
Edited by threecanman 2015-07-17 2:34 PM
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