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Horse Show Dad & Barn Dad Hats

Behind every horse girl is a dad who hauls the trailer, puts out hay and writes the checks. Horse Illustrated describes him as the father who "hauls, puts out hay, yells commands, and most of all, encourages," and the Chronicle of the Horse columnist known as the Horse Dad notes that a phone call usually means you are about to spend money. Horse Nation even runs a gift guide aimed at him, with slogans like "They neigh, I pay" and "I just hold the horse and hand over the money." Trade writers peg a pleasure horse at $15,000 to $25,000 a year, so the jokes are earned. These horse show dad hats are for the non-riding parent. Three badges cover the searches, HORSE SHOW DAD, BARN DAD and HORSE DAD. The sentence designs are written from the bystander's side: THEY NEIGH I PAY, holding the horse and the checkbook, the $2 ribbon that cost $4,000, horse shows as the new golf, and the dad who has never ridden a horse but has bought one. DAD OF A HORSE GIRL is the plain flag. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Give one for Father's Day, or leave it on the dash of the truck that pulls the trailer.

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