Buyers may purchase various pieces of riding equipment and training aids, as well as boots and riding apparel, stable equipment, horse care products, grooming supplies, horse blankets and sheets, model horses, and equine books, magazines, and videos.
In many cases, individual tack shops are geared to a certain type of riding, such as English, Western-style, or Saddle seat.
Tack shops are often run in conjunction with equestrian facilities.
[1] In many tack shops, the hired staff is knowledgeable and may recommend the appropriate piece of equipment or product to a buyer.
In general, horse feed and hay is not sold in tack shops.