If you’re in the mood to shop for the cutest clothes, jewelry, boots, and hats on the planet, then just don’t save the date, tear the Big Horse Feed and Mercantile ad out of this magazine and put it on the fridge. Friday and Saturday, June 23-24, marks Big Horse’s 19th Annual Anniversary Sale, and you’re in for some real deals. Hailed as the go-to event of the year, you’ll find savings in nearly every department and have the opportunity to talk directly with manufacturer reps of some of your favorite products, meet up with friends and have a great time. Home décor? Got it! English and western riding gear and helmets? Got it! Saddles and tack? Got it! Handbags and purses? Got it! And the fun just doesn’t stop there. The first 100 customers each day will receive a free gift — there will be hourly drawings for great prizes, and you can enter to win the grand prize drawing of a $200 gift card. As you’re heading out the door, don’t forget to grab the ad on the fridge! With it, you’ll receive a 30 percent discount on one of your favorite items with a $50 purchase (exclusions apply). See you at Big Horse for sizzling summer savings for you, your home, horse and hound!

Are you looking for the best and easiest way to keep your horse comfortable, rested, clean and OFF the hard stall ground — both in the trailer and at your shows? Performatz by Value Foam Inc., makers of premium medical and veterinary orthotic and equine cushion mat products, has the solution. The advanced technology that brings lightweight, interlocking and easily movable, hygienic mats to the equestrian world has developed Showmatz – a transportable, travel kit and it’s made to move. It consists of nine interlocking 3’x3’ mats that easily slip into three cleanable, canvas bags with straps, which then load securely onto a durable and collapsible carrying cart for easy transport. Wheel them to the trailer, then wheel them to the stall when you arrive at your destination. The mats cover a total of nine square feet and are held securely in place with their unique non-slip pattern. Call 800-788-1358 for more information and to order your Traveling Showmatz Kit today. Mention the ad in the California Horsetrader for a special discount!

Farnam‘s New Easy-pour Bottles Save Money and Hassle. Until now, filling your quart spray bottle with fly repellent usually meant two things: wasted product and a mess to clean up. Not anymore. Just in time for the 2017 fly season, Farnam introduces new easy pour bottles for Endure® Sweat-Resistant Fly Spray and Tri-Tec 14™ Fly Repellent. Both product lines now feature a spill-proof spout and the handle is on the side of the bottle rather than the top. For even more convenience, Farnam added a new smaller size, the 50-ounce bottle, which is lighter and takes up less space, making it easier to use and ideal for travel.

“We listen to our customers and we understood their frustration with filling quart sprayers,” says Tina Anderson, Director of New Products Strategy and Development for Farnam. “We kept in mind that many of our customers are women, so we wanted a package that was not only easier to handle, lift and pour, but that also reduced the amount of product wasted by spilling on the barn floor. We looked hard at other industries and bottles in the soap market prompted the change.”

Although the redesign required making changes to production machinery to accommodate the new bottles, Farnam did not increase the price on these upgraded, user-friendly bottles. Farnam is currently the only company in the equine market offering this style of bottles for their fly repellent.

Customers tend to gravitate toward larger bottles because this means an average savings of about 20 percent over continually buying quart-size sprayers. Anderson says that in the future more of the company’s insect repellent products will likely adopt the easy pour packaging with 50-ounce and 128-ounce options that are now only available in Endure® Sweat-Resistant Fly Spray and Tri-Tec 14™ Fly Repellent.
For more information on how Farnam® products can help win the war against flies and insect pests, visit www.farnam.com.