Did you check both merch tents??? There was a MUCH bigger one by the top of the hill across from the stadium. I had to take pics of all the hat options to buy one for a friend here at home. I sent her 15 pics. This was on Saturday Am.
The smaller one closer to Voltaire etc was awful. But the big one was great @skipollo
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I wasnât there in person unfortunately but was hoping to buy one online. I just thought it was strange that they didnât show any online, just a blank page. My last one is literally falling apart 
Yeah I went to the big one right behind the stadium, it was so sparse and overpriced. The prices were lower on the last day, but nothing really caught my eye.
I actually think this was one of the best years for deals Iâve had in a while. Granted, some of that is luck to now owning a size-tiny thing. Two Rambo Optimos for $100 each, a CWD girth for $40, an Antares bridle for under $350, set of Majyk XC boots⊠Of course, I offset this by buying the Espoir jacket Iâve been drooling over for months at full price and Le Chameau wellies!
I bought some freeride leggings, a fleeceworks saddle pad (XC cut with the wool underside)(20% off on sunday), a cool shirt that probably wasnât super discounted, but I hadnât seen before, and cosequin was buy 1 get 1 free, so I got a couple - that was probably my biggest purchase.
I thought there were more discounts/sale racks in places this year, but fewer booths of interest. There seemed to be a lot of what we dubbed the âinfomercial boothsâ wanting you to sit in their chair, try their skincare products, etc etc . . . and some of them were fairly aggressive which was annoying. But we found some good deals on some things like Rambo turnouts (50% off) and Espoir sale items (also 50%). And the Cosequin promotion is always great if you use their products. You had to be aware and not just get sucked in by the sale sign â SmartPak had something like 20% off the Hadley and Piper breeches in their tent, but also had them 30% off on their website at the same time.
Our favorite first time vendor was Stylish in the Saddle on the upper level of the indoor, she had really cute home and gift stuff that was reasonably priced! And we always enjoy shopping at Clever with Leather!
Lovers Leap Winery. I was unreasonably upset that they were missing this year! One of my fav things was to purchase a glass (and a bottle) to sip and shop.
Thatâs them! I too buy a glass and a bottle and was sad.
I feel like the event tent has sucked the last two years. Itâs overpriced with limited selection. The old event tent was more fun. T-shirts of every color! The past two years itâs been boring grays, whites, etc. And stupid prices. I wish theyâd go back to what they were doing.
I miss Perriâs. They havenât been there since covid, if not before. Frenchâs boots / shoes wasnât there. I miss Animals to Wear and Bit of Britain but theyâve both been gone for some time.
Yup those are the shirts I miss! They were well made and held up, classic fit, and they were like $20-$25 so very reasonably priced.
I got a t shirt last year and itâs already worn out, the material is really cheap and itâs pilled and thinâŠâŠand it cost me like $45 
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