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It’s never easy making a big purchase because you either have to save up for the item and hope that it is still available or put it on a credit card and pay for it at the end of the month. We’ve got a solution that will hopefully make things easier for you. If you […]

Getting Show Clothing on a Budget

Shopping on a budget can always be tricky and becomes even trickier when owning a horse. We all know how expensive horses can be but it’s not impossible to save some money when shopping for your upcoming show season. There are options; here are few that we will discuss in more depth going from most […]

Circle Y Saddle Blow Out Sale

I mentioned this post last week and hope you’re excited to finally hear all the details, which we finally have hammered out. We are very excited for deals we are going to be able to offer on saddles throughout the entire month of March. March will also mark out 37th Annual Open House, which is March […]

What’s coming for Al-Bar in 2011!

Hello from freezing Indiana. We’re back from the WESA Market in Denver, Colorado. Since getting back our focus has been on preparing the store for new products, as we will start seeing clothing, boots, and tack arriving in about 2-3 weeks. Here are some photos and tentative dates below for items that will be arriving: […]

WESA Market Series: Saturday

Day 3 brings about the final blog in the series from Denver with a final wrap up coming next week. In next weeks blog you’ll find some announcements of new companies and items coming. We’ll even try giving you tentative ship dates so you can makes sure you arrive early to get these new items […]

WESA Market Series: Friday

Day 2 is done. What a day it was too. We visited a lot of places and I can tell you this, bling is here to stay. You are going to be seeing plenty of rhinestones and color on everything including belts, jeans, hats, and even saddles. I think the keyword that goes with the […]

WESA Market Series: Thursday

Greetings from the WESA market in Denver, Colorado. The market officially started today at 8:00 a.m. Yesterday we arrived a little early and we were able to walk around some of the permanent show rooms. We were able to get an early previews of what is coming. The Urban Cowboy is still all over the […]

The Urban Cowboy vs. The Old West Cowboy

Image by memekode One of the biggest shifts we are seeing within the western industry is the shift to the “Urban Cowboy,” those that like the western style but live near the city.  A good indicator of this trend is the development of clothing/apparel lines and companies like Southern Thread, Wrangler’s Rock 47, PanHandle Slim’s […]

What Makes Cowboy Hats Expensive?

If you’ve every thought about buying a cowboy hat you know the prices can vary drastically. They can be cheap or quite expensive. Why such a big difference in price you ask? Quality Hat prices are mostly determined by the quality of the hats. One of the most common ways that companies determine the quality […]