About Us

Hi, my name is Hope and I am the owner of Hope's Horse Apparel. I am a mom to two amazing boys that are frequently seen in the store with me outside of school hours. I have two blue heelers that keep me company in the store, Trigger and Hemi, as well as a playful herd of 5 horses at home.

My love for horses started as a young kid and when I was 10 I was provided the opportunity to help with a family friends horses in exchange for riding lessons. There was no going back. I started my riding career in the hunter/jumper ring and as I progressed I was given the opportunity to jump on a variety of horses, giving me the opportunity to grow as a rider even more. Over the years I grew quite fond of working with the more challenging horses. The ones others didn't quite understand. I am so very thankful for these horses as they taught me so much more than just riding skills. As I got older I strived to learn as much as I possibly could about everything horse related that I could think of. This meant changing disciplines....a number of times. Not only had I done h/j, but then I transitioned also to hunter under saddle, western pleasure, reining, roping, barrel racing along with various clinics in different disciplines. I still had a die hard love for the "difficult" ones though, and eventually, people started approaching me to help them with their horses. This is when I started training horses for the outside world. This part of my life is where Hope's Horse Apparel was born. My love for tack quickly turned into a need for very specific items and because I'm a huge fan of feel they couldn't just be any old items. I decided to go on the hunt for materials, it was time to start making my own stuff again. It started with halters and leads and quickly turned into limitless options because once again people began to approach me. In 2019 I opened myself up full-time to the outside world once again. This time with custom tack. I was working day and night in my little basement suite braiding, knotting and creating nearly anything that was asked for. In 2022 I decided I wanted to expand and open a tack store. Shortly after making the decision I was provided the opportunity to buy out an existing store and I jumped. While the past two years in the store have been quite the journey I am far from creating this beautiful little business ad providing all of the amazing things I do to all my customers. Thank you for being on this journey with me!

-Hope