2011 Horse Costume Contest

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Here they are, your 2011 Horse Costume Contest winners as selected by you, the horseillustrated.com community. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted entries and participated in the voting. Click here to view the 30 finalists.

	First Place: Circus Elephant Lora C. from Pennsylvania submitted the winning entry of her miniature horse, Bucephalus Hallmark.“This costume earned us first place at the county fair. My husband, Tony, was a good sport and was the “bearded fat lady” of our circus theme. Beau was our “elephant” pulling the tent with my daughter, Rachel being the “clown” squirting water at everyone. My daughter, Jody, was the “lion” being “tamed” by lion-tamer (my daughter, Hayley.) Family friend Matthew was our “stong-arm man,” and I rounded out the group as the “ring announcer.” As you can see in the photo, we even made it on the local news because it was so funny!”
	Second Place: Flower and Bumble Bee Susan B. of Texas submitted the second place entry of her Shetland/mini, Godiva.“Godiva is a flower bed and a beautiful little bumblebee rider is about to land on her.”
	Third Place: Unicorn and Princess Katrijn W. of California submitted the third place entry of her Quarter Horse, Dude.“Always the princess, now I have my unicorn as well.”

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Winners will receive…

First Place

Banixx Wound & Hoof Care Solution
Banixx Pet Product
AtLast Organic Fly Spray
Show Sheen
Absorbine Shampoo, Body Sponge and Wash Mit
Sweat Scraper
3M Vet Wrap
Zimectrin Gold Dewormer
Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats
Oster Deluxe lifetime Hoof Pick
Oster Mane & Tail Brush

Second Place

Banixx Wound & Hoof Care Solution
Banixx Pet Product
AtLast Organic Fly Spray
Absorbine Shampoo, Body Sponge and Wash Mit
3M Vet Wrap
Zimectrin Gold DeWormer
Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats

Third Place

Banixx Wound & Hoof Care Solution
Banixx Pet Product
AtLast Organic Fly Spray
3M Vet Wrap
Zimectrin Gold DeWormer
Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats

Runners-up

The 30 runners-up will all receive a sample-size prize pack of Banixx Wound & Hoof Care, Leather Therapy Restorer & Conditioner and AtLast Organic Fly Spray

Further Reading
Horse Illustrated’s 2010 Facebook Costume Contest
Horses in Disguise
Horse Costume Class Tips

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Abigail Boatwright

Abigail Boatwright is a freelance writer and photographer based in Texas, and is the editor of Horse Illustrated’s sister publication, Western Life Today.

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Meghan Sara says:
October 10, 2011 at 7:08 am
I love the pinata one! Id love to do a costume that detailed, but I'm going simple and classic this year(: Hopefully I still have a chance to win!
L says:
October 10, 2011 at 1:01 pm
wow i wish my horse would let me do this stuff to him...
jessica says:
October 10, 2011 at 11:09 pm
I wish clancy would let me do this stuff to. But deff not!!
Galadriel says:
October 10, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Looks like fun!
Katie says:
October 16, 2011 at 11:15 am
Please vote for Dude the unicorn and his pink princess on the second to last page!
kilee says:
October 29, 2011 at 6:59 am
I dont know if i would do that when i get a horse? I dont really like how animals are dressed up in coutumes? I think a horse would try to get the coutume off but it looks unconfortable for a horse or maybe i wrong some horses like it? But i would not do that to my horse.
PKL says:
October 29, 2011 at 8:38 am
Some very good costumes, it will be hard to vote.
TRAIL RIDER says:
October 29, 2011 at 1:22 pm
THE PINATA COSTUME ON THE MAIN PAGE IS SOOO AWESOME! I LOVE IT!!
Galadriel says:
October 29, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Lots of great costumes.
Gee and Haw says:
October 30, 2011 at 5:44 am
Cute ideas!!