Horse Magazines make great gifts that both Educate and Entertain...the awesome "E and E" Combo Gift!

Horse magazines will make a great addition to your recipient's "horse library." A good horseman always strives to improve him or herself, and giving horse magazines, along with horse books and horse videos and CDs, are excellent and affordable ways you can help your horse fan accomplish this goal.

In addition to that, they're entertaining to boot. On this page, we'll look at our options for magazines as well as how you can personalize this gift idea. For more tips on gifts that provide the "E & E" Combo, ride on into my Cover-2-Cover page and my Sight-n-Sound page. You won't be disappointed.

A horse magazine subscription makes an excellent horse lover gift for several reasons:

1. Horse magazines both educate and entertain.

2. There are quite a few to choose from, so chances are you can find one tailor made to fit your horse lover's needs.

3. Most subscriptions come every month, so they will not only appreciate you when they first receive the gift, but every month thereafter as well.

4. Finally, this horse gift too can be personalized in a couple of ways.

There are several places online where you can get a horse magazine subsciption. I've included some of the magazines you can choose from for your horse fan. Try to consider his or her riding discipline or specialty area, ie: english or western, dressage, hunter/jumper, cutting, reining, endurance rider or backyard horseman. Look for the magazine description that best fits your horse enthusiast. Hopefully, these will give you some direction.

Dressage Today Magazine
provides teaching on this Olympic equestrian discipline from the world's top trainers and riders. This one is the perfect choice for the Dressage rider on your list.

Equine Journal
is a monthly, all-breed/discipline publication for horse enthusiasts throughout New England, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the Midwest region.

Equus Magazine
is an excellent reference guide, featuring articles on health care, behavior, training veterinary trends, exercise physiology and riding. It provides information essential for every horse owner.

Horse & Rider Magazine
is the premiere magazine for Western riders. Every issue features articles on training by the country's leading experts, the latest on equine health care from top veterinarians, trail riding tips from savvy back country riders and much more.

Horse Illustrated
magazine promotes sensible, intelligent horse management through informative and entertaining articles. Written for responsible, caring horse owners, every monthly issue covers health care, medical, English and western training, grooming, stable equipment and tack, the latest news and information about the horse industry, and much more!

Practical Horseman
is the number one how-to magazine for English-style riders. It presents step-by-step training programs and showing advice from recognized experts in hunters, jumpers, equitation, dressage, and eventing, along with money- and time-saving ideas on health care and stable management.

Quarter Horse News
covers everything you need to know about the Quarter Horse industry. Twice a month, Quarter Horse News features news, calendars of events, futurities, sales and more. Each issue also includes all performance classes and interests, including cutting, reining, halter, pleasure, barrel racing and major rodeo events.

Western Horseman
is the leading horse magazine in the nation. Each monthly issue covers horse healthcare, training, equipment, trail riding, ranching, event and competition coverage, new products, art, music, poetry, cowboy fashion and more.

Young Rider
is an equestrian magazine for young riders that teaches them how to ride and look after their horses properly. Young Rider offers riding instruction, horse care information and horse interest features. Plus, every issue also includes a breed profile, a quiz, a puzzle page, a pen pal section and reader pictures and contributions.

Personalizing Your Gift

I did mention personalizing these, didn't I? There are actually several ways. First, make a fancy gift certificate informing your recipient of the impending horse magazine gift. Give a few details like magazine name, what it's about, how many issues they'll receive, etc. Make sure you include the occasion for which the gift is being presented, date, your name, etc. Make the certificate in Microsoft Word using "wordart" and fancy script, and USE COLORS to make it BOLD and STRIKING.

Another way to personalize giving horse magazines is to create a personal and unique card. If you have a digital camera, or have your pictures put on a CD when you get them developed (you can have that done at the WalMart photo center), get a picture of your horse lover's horse to use for your card. If this is not possible, use horse clipart or a picture of your recipient instead. (You can find links to various horse clipart sites on my That's-a-Wrap page.) I make all my own cards on my computer using My Card Maker. It's simple and fun. You can use your own pictures or clipart, and it's free. Go ahead and give it a try.

A third idea you can use to personalize your gift of a horse magazine subscription is to print out a picture of the magazine cover and then create your own special package to put it in. Just head on over to my That's-a-Wrap page for ideas and instructions on how you can create your own custom-designed gift box special made for your horse loving friend.

Of course, the ultimate in personalization would be to combine all three of these ideas into one spectacular horse lover gift that will definitely make an impression on your loved one.

Remember, for more "E & E" gift ideas, don't forget to explore my Cover-2-Cover and Sight-N-Sound pages. See ya there!

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