Yesterday I had my first booth at a horse expo – Great Lakes Equine Classic. I brought my table with computer and handouts and set up my little corner on the horse expo floor along with all the other vendors. I know, I know – from the photo it looks like this picture could have been taken anywhere. I can attest to it that Teresa from Amberado jewelry (very nice amber jewelry by the way) took the photo on Saturday morning.

Many of the more experienced vendors had glamorous and visually enticing booths for their bountiful products. I enjoyed a few moments to take my own tour around the area and viewed the various horse breeds for the clinics as well as a multitude of equine products available for everyone.

And I might mention, the glorious smells of freshly roasted pecans with cinnamon and brown sugar, hot dogs, popcorn and pulled pork sandwiches filled the air.

I thoroughly enjoyed talking with everyone that stopped by even if they were just curious about my display. Let’s face it, a web-based horse farm management and invoicing software isn’t the most common vendor attraction. I was delighted to see how farm owners’ eyes would light up as I described how easy this software product is to use and how it will enhance their horse boarder’s experience.

I especially liked observing all the activity. So many horse loving people coming out to watch the very informative clinicians speak about their craft. Everyone dressed from warm winter jackets to glamorous western attire were enjoying the plentiful products for sale. It appeared from all the bags and boxes being toted by the attendees, that horse expos are the one-stop shopping place for everything equine.

I look forward to attending and participating in many, many more events of this type. What about you, what horse expos do you plan to attend this year?

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