More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What are you planning to get your equine family member(s) this holiday season?”

• Horse treats: 72.70% (751)
  
• A new blanket: 22.75% (235)
  
• New tack or training devices: 20.52% (212)
  
• New grooming supplies: 18.30% (189)
  
• Other: 16.94% (175)
  
• New stall toys: 14.81% (153)
  
• A new friend (another horse): 8.23% (85)
  
• A new trailer: 3.58% (37)

Instead of a holiday item, many readers indicated that they’ll make a point to spend some extra quality time with their horses, or will prepare a special delectable edible. Others mentioned that, at current prices, a barn full of hay is one of the most valuable gifts of all. 

All comments submitted by poll respondents are listed below.

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• just the usual love and attention
  
• Spend time and groom and love
  
• I always give my horses a nice surprise on holidays, hot oatmeal with oranges & apples steaming.
  
• No presents, but will get a special dinner
  
• My recent research reminds me that rain rot and other delights are spread by shared grooming tools
  
• Make lots of “obstacles” etc to take boredom out of groundwork
  
• Everyone gets a bran mash, ginger snaps & peppermints & a good grooming
  
• New Woody Pet, manure spreader, run-in shed, & licorice treats
  
• I always give them carrots and apples on Christmas day
  
• Xmas breakfast of boiled oats with molasses, Guinness & apple and carrot bits in it!
  
• Why buy horses holiday gifts? THEY’RE HORSES! Proper care should be provided year round!
  
• They LOVE carrots and are getting plenty
  
• Carrots, apples and warm beet pulp Christmas morning!!
  
• A well-deserved rest will go down well! Lots of attention & some massage
  
• MY horses are getting a new stable with attached indoor arena for Christmas!
  
• My pretty Echo wants a blue blanket
  
• We built a set of standards and painted plumbing tubes for jumps. I made a set for my best friend too
  
• Make homemade horse cookies to give them
  
• Carrot/apple/mint bran mash for Christmas morning
  
• Carrots & Apples
  
• They all got blankets last year. They will get treats and maybe some new halters
  
• Nothing…Christmas for me is not about buying things, it’s about Jesus.
  
• A new farm!
  
• And Santa hat made for horses!
  
• After Christmas Day set tree out in pasture with carrots, apples, etc. hanging from branches
  
• Peace and Calm and Attention
  
• Since my horse is the one MOST worthy of gifts on my gift list, he gets spoiled! Treats, toys, and n
  
• Some kind of horsey gift
  
• I think just spending extra time with your horsey pal is all they could ever want (and a treat)
  
• Always a warm Christmas day meal
  
• Hugs & Cuddles, too
  
• Bit warmers
  
• Can’t forget the rest of my family
  
• Winnie’s Cookies & bran mash on Christmas morning!
  
• Adopt A PMU or Nurse Maid Foal!
  
• We’re moving him from Kentucky to Northern Ohio – is that a gift?
  
• My horses get HAY for Xmas this year! At $8/bale it’s as valuable as gold!
  
• I want to get a new saddle. It’s an important part of riding. And it needs to fit properly.
  
• A big hug, and my love!! Other than that, I still have to decide, I guess…. =)
  
• I’m saving up for a quality saddle pad, maybe a gel pad or something high quality.
  
• Home made ones
  
• For the 16 Arabians living with me it’s Xmas all year
  
• Lots of Natural Horsemanship DVDS
  
• Stud Muffins, Pro Choice boots, brushes, and turnout blanket for new weanling
  
• Riding apparel
  
• Some extra carrots and applies – some homemade horse cookies.
  
• Just got a new horse, so lots of odds & ends + treats of course!
  
• Home made treats, much like I did when my children was growing up. Toys, and blankets,
  
• Our daughter has bought one of our babies and now we need a 3-horse trailer so we can all ride.
  
• Every day is Christmas for my horses!
  
• When I had 1 horse it was usually blankets, with 6 it will be our famous holiday bran mashie for all
  
• Carrots! Lots and lots of carrots!
  
• Cards and horsey things for your home
  
• I put up a Wrangler stocking with the name of each (iron on letters) on the mantle
  
• My horses like royalty all year long!
  
• I just got him a new WB/Draft size trailer!
  
• A new Parelli English Fluidity saddle!
  
• They are getting a brand new barn with heated floors.
  
• They all get treats in their stockings!!
  
• Nothing
  
• If I had my wish it would be a new trailer but…. a good grooming, visit, treats will have to do
  
• New Paddock Toys
  
• An extra bran mash
  
• Nothing
  
• Shipping Wraps
  
• Bran Mash
  
• Nothing. Excuse me, they are animals, they could care less.
  
• Hay to eat and shavings for their stalls, extra attention & grooming
  
• And a new-used saddle for his momma!
  
• Apples, apples, apples
  
• 1 gets a new bridle (Again!), haven’t figured out the other two yet
  
• Saddle
  
• Nothing. They may be family pets but they ARE livestock. Find something better to do than marketing.
  
• Hay!
  
• Spend more time with them
  
• She loves Manna Pro wafers, Mrs. Pastures, lots of carrots. A traffic safety cone to play with.
  
• Something for the horse, something for the friend too!
  
• My horses are so spoiled they don’t have anything on a wish list!!!
  
• I’ll be buying things that have a horse theme to them, like coasters, calendars, books, videos
  
• They’ll each get a carrot, apple, pear, and banana salad on Christmas day
  
• Extra attention and carrots
  
• Mrs. Pasture Cookies, my horses’ favorite!
  
• Anything they want their not spoiled LOL
  
• Extra ration of hay–we’re in drought
  
• Wreath made with carrots (with tops) & red and green apples.
  
• A new shedrow barn!!!
  
• Always-favorite treats and new custom halters
  
• A reason for another horse!! YES! Nothing special- gets treats every day…not sure, maybe more time
  
• Something he really loves. Apples and oats
  
• Expensive hay for a special treat!
  
• A foal monitor.
  
• They’ve already got more clothes, toys & grooming supplies than I do! 🙂
  
• A little extra grooming and playtime.
  
• Got a 28yr quarter/me 64.we’re in tune.
  
• Easyboot Bares
  
• A Western gaited saddle.
  
• My horse already dresses better than I do!
  
• My 4 horses think it is Christmas all year round.
  
• Everyday is Christmas for our guys..:-)
  
• Probably just an extra slice of hay
  
• I thought about looking for a recipe for some type of horse treat and make it myself. And also giving
  
• My baby is going blind, and she needs a new friend to help her transition
  
• Wormer
  
• Supplements
  
• More trail riding time & coyote chasing (his favorite game)
  
• They” got the complete set of Chris Cox training DVDs
  
• Equine massage
  
• Bareback riding pad
  
• I will be euthanising my horse to spare her from further suffering
  
• My horses are spoilt all year round so it’s no different at Xmas just get more.
  
• NOTHING!! It’s a horse!! I have better ways of spending my $$
  
• On Christmas Eve day or Christmas groom your equine, especially if they without pasture mates.
  
• Homemade horse cookies
  
• Anything and everything horsey!
  
• The same great care that they have enjoyed all year!
  
• A quiet day. Trying to keep their routine despite disruption of ours.
  
• New Grain Buckets, and maybe new halters
  
• I make a special treat of apples, carrots & sugar
  
• Have a Galloping Winter
  
• Every day is Christmas for these horses and Dec. 25 won’t feel any different than usual.
  
• Breeches
  
• Both of my girls got wool-warming blankets
  
• I have 6 horses, 8 saddles, and etc. How about something nice for me.
  
• New grooming supplies are a spring present after a cold and sloppy winter.
  
• The horses get a special holiday mash for dinner.
  
• They always get a special treat of some sort!
  
• Alfalfa Chunks Broken into small pieces. They love them.
  
• I’m going to keep learning all I can about horses so that I can be a better owner and a better rider
  
• All of the things above
  
• I try to go see my horse either Xmas eve or day when it is very quiet.
  
• Horses don’t know/care it’s a holiday!
  
• Nothing
  
• My Horses all want apples, carrots and horse cookies.
  
• Equispirit ball for paddock play
  
• A bag of carrots
  
• New sheep!
  
• He gets presents all year long!
  
• The companion horse gets a new halter and I’d love to find someone to ride the ottb as he’s a packer
  
• a massage
  
• Every day is Christmas for MY spoiled horse:)
  
• Quality one on one time! Just me and them in the pasture.
  
• 1 is retired, 1 is in training, and 1 is waiting for training! Best gifts I can think of!!!! Ho Ho Ho!!
  
• Homemade granola with apples and carrots
  
• hot oatmeal apple mash
  
• I found that a female Pygmy goat is a GREAT companion for a lonely horse–they bonded immediately!
  
• A new breast collar to go with my new Aussie saddle
  
• apples & carrots are a treat for them!
  
• Easyboot epics
  
• hay
  
• He’s already received his new saddle pad and saddle. Lucky him. I’m still paying for them.
  
• My boy always gets whatever he needs whenever he needs it. He lives a great life!
  
• GOT THEM A NEW FRIEND AND EXPECTING ANOTHER IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR. TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
  
• buy horse cookie cutters and make cookies for your friends and their horses
  
• He is already spoiled rotten so love and treats will make him happy.
  
• He is so lucky as it is. He has a best buddy, LambChop who shares his stall, hay, and pasture.
  
• a field full of round bales, hehehe
  
• I just purchased a one ton crew cab.. to haul hay for my beasties.

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