For the partnership you have built
The call across the yard. The familiar headcollar in your hand. Knowing each other without needing very many words.
Horsehair jewellery, personal keepsakes and thoughtful gifts for the people whose lives are shaped by horses. Celebrate the partnership you have today, mark a new chapter, or find a way to remember a horse or pony you miss.
Find a keepsake for your partnershipFor first ponies, steady companions and the horses who change us.
A life arranged around them
A relationship with a horse is built in the ordinary hours: bringing in, brushing off dried mud, waiting for them to finish their hay. There may be rosettes and photographs from special days. There is also the quiet satisfaction of simply knowing this particular horse.
A horse keepsake can belong to that life now. A small amount of suitable mane or tail hair can become jewellery; a photograph, a written memory or a carefully kept rosette can mark a chapter. There is no need to wait for a goodbye.
And the story is yours whether you compete, hack, work from the ground or care for a horse who is no longer ridden. The partnership does not have to look impressive to anyone else to be worth keeping.
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The pony who taught you to sit a spook, the first hack you managed confidently, the small success nobody photographed. Write down what it took to get there, as well as the date. A first-pony keepsake can honour the patient teacher behind a rider’s growing confidence.
Keep a favourite photograph alongside a little note in your own words. Children might choose a drawing, a rosette or a story about their pony’s habits; the memory need not centre on winning.
Retirement can begin a different chapter together. A portrait or horsehair ring can celebrate years of shared work while making space for a gentler routine. A horse who spends their days as a companion still has an individual place in your life.
You might mark an anniversary of buying or taking a horse on loan, a return to confidence or simply a good year. Choose a moment that has meaning to you, rather than waiting for a milestone others would recognise.
A share horse, a loan pony or a riding-school favourite can be a huge part of your story. When a loan ends, a horse is sold or you move yards, a photograph or memory book can acknowledge what you shared without treating a new beginning as a bereavement.
Agree any hair collection or keepsake involving their belongings with the owner first. A thoughtful note to the person who cared for them alongside you can be part of the memory too.
For someone whose horse means the world
Think about their own horse, their style and their life beyond the yard. Equestrian gifts feel more personal when they recognise a particular partnership: the first pony, the long-standing share horse, the retired schoolmaster or the youngster they have brought on patiently.
A little of their own horse
A ring made with their horse’s hair can be a discreet reminder to wear away from the yard. Consider their preferred metal, band width and ring size. They may want the horse’s stable name inside the band, or simply the hair itself to carry the meaning.
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A pendant to choose together
A horsehair necklace can suit someone who prefers a pendant to a ring. Our Pet Hair Heart Necklace is one option to discuss with us. Ask about the hair they have, the pendant size and the chain options before choosing the finished design.
See the Pet Hair Heart Necklace ↗
The expression they know
For a commissioned horse portrait, the details matter: the shape of a star, an uneven blaze, the colour around the muzzle and the familiar set of the ears. Choose a photograph the recipient loves, and check the artist can work from it before booking.
More ways to keep their story ↓A framed photograph with a handwritten memory can acknowledge the person who has been there through early starts, difficult weeks and ordinary days. If several people are contributing, agree one thoughtful gift together and leave the recipient room to choose what feels right.
Ask before taking or posting hair from someone else’s horse, even if you care for them regularly. Confirm the recipient’s preferences and the owner’s permission. For a birthday, Christmas or a retirement gift, a card offering to choose the jewellery together can be the most personal beginning.
Stable name, show name or a date? Use the name they actually say at the stable door. Our silver Pet Hair Ring offers optional engraving; check the current listing for space and options before choosing a longer registered name. Engraving is not available on every design.
The details you know by touch
The colour through the mane, the weight of the tail, the markings you would recognise across a field. Keep photographs of those details as well as the full portrait. They can become part of a memory book or help you explain a keepsake idea to a maker.
A close photograph can record the changing colours through a mane and the texture you know from grooming. Keep the original hair unaltered until you have chosen how to use it. A few saved strands and a whole lock offer different possibilities.
A photograph of plaiting, grooming or getting ready can say as much as the final portrait. Include a few notes about the day and who was there. When collecting hair for jewellery, ask about the sample needed before changing the mane or tail.
Mane, tail & the details that matter
Mane hair, tail hair and hair collected while grooming are different materials. A resin-set ring has different requirements from a long, braided horsehair bracelet. Tell us what you have and which piece you are considering before cutting, shortening or preparing a sample.
For our resin jewellery, ask us to confirm the type and amount of horsehair needed. You do not need to cut a large lock just because another maker’s braided design asks for one. If you already have a small or irreplaceable sample, send us a photograph and describe it first.
Never pull hair out for a keepsake. Keep any collection calm and familiar, with the owner’s agreement if the horse is shared or on loan. If cutting is needed, agree a discreet sample with someone experienced who knows the horse; avoid leaving an obvious gap in the mane or tail.
Store each horse’s dry hair in its own clean, labelled container, with their name and the date. Keep adhesive off the strands and ask before washing or treating the sample. Where possible, keep some safely at home, especially if the hair can never be collected again.
Handmade in Brighton, UK
We work with hair and ashes to make personal jewellery by hand. Horsehair jewellery can celebrate a living horse or preserve a connection after loss. Equine memorial jewellery made with ashes offers another option. Your choice can begin with what you have kept and the kind of piece you enjoy wearing.
Made with hairSuitable hair from your horse can be set into a ring or pendant. Dark and light strands, coarser tail hair and finer hair will each look different in resin. We’ll discuss the sample and design with you so you can choose with a clearer idea of the possibilities.
Worth knowing Our hair jewellery is set in resin. We do not braid or weave horsehair bracelets. The photographs show examples from our wider collection. Your horse’s hair will give the finished piece its own appearance.
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Made with ashesA horse ashes ring or memorial necklace uses a small amount of cremation ash. If you have ashes returned to you, you can keep the rest safely at home while deciding on jewellery. There is no need to make every decision about remembrance at the same time.
Worth knowing Ashes vary in colour and texture, so each piece has its own appearance. If separating a small sample feels difficult, contact us before sending anything and we’ll explain the practical steps.
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Horsehair set in resin · A separate self-fill urn
From £169.00
Sterling silver · Discuss your horsehair sample with us
From £199.00
Sterling silver · Made with a small amount of ashes
From £199.00
Sterling silver · A heart-shaped hair keepsake
From £169.00
Remove jewellery before riding, handling horses and yard work. Rings and necklaces can catch, and resin-set keepsakes need protection from knocks, moisture and cleaning products. Choose a piece you will enjoy wearing when those jobs are done. Read our care guidance.
From your horse’s story to our workshop
Choose your design and tell us about the mane, tail hair or ashes you have. We’ll answer questions about suitability before you entrust a sample to us.
For UK orders, we’ll send protective packaging, straightforward instructions and prepaid tracked postage to our workshop.
We’ll confirm your materials have arrived and keep them labelled and separate during making. Let us know beforehand if this is the only sample you have.
We’ll return your finished jewellery and any unused hair or ashes. Keep some material at home wherever possible, and follow the care advice supplied.
For international orders, to reduce the volume of post and environmental impact, we’ll email straightforward instructions directly to you when you place an order.
For a horse whose place in your life remains
Their old headcollar. The rosette that meant more than its colour. A view between their ears on a favourite route. A horse memorial can begin with something ordinary that only you would recognise as theirs.
01 · The things that carry the years
Keep a photograph, a rosette, their stable nameplate or a piece of paperwork with a story behind it. A little box can hold the chapters of a partnership without asking you to sort through everything at once.
You might keep the headcollar on its usual hook for a while, or put it away. Neither choice says how much your horse meant. Keep any hair dry in a separate labelled container, and add a note explaining why each item mattered.
02 · Something personal to wear
A horsehair ring or an ashes necklace can keep a small part of that connection close. Choose a design that feels like you and a material you are comfortable sharing with the maker.
Explore hair & ashes jewellery03 · A place to pause
An engraved marker or a place to sit can give you somewhere to remember them. It could be at home or, with agreement, somewhere connected to the years you spent together.
If the tribute is at a livery yard or on someone else’s land, agree its position and future care first. Check appropriate planting advice where horses may graze. A movable pot or a framed nameplate can be a good choice when the yard is not your own.
04 · More than the big occasions
Put the polished competition photographs beside muddy winter faces, summer field pictures and the view between their ears. A horse photo book can show the whole partnership, including the days nobody else noticed.
Add the stable name as well as the registered name, favourite routes, yard nicknames and a few words about the people who helped care for them. Ask photographers about permission before printing professional images, and keep a backup of your originals.
05 · A small part of their working life
A shoe saved after a normal farrier visit can become a keepsake on its own or part of a display. Add their name and a photograph, or a note about a time you remember. A barefoot horse’s story is just as complete without one.
Ask the owner and farrier about keeping a shoe that has been removed in the usual course of care. Never remove a shoe for a keepsake. If mounting it, use a secure display suited to its weight and keep any sharp edges safely contained.
06 · The person behind the photograph
A horse portrait can hold the markings and expression you know by heart. Choose a reference image with a clear face and a pose that feels like them, whether it shows a plaited mane or their everyday field look.
Tell the artist which markings, colours and expressions are most important. Review their previous horse portraits, materials, image requirements and revision process. Send copies of treasured photographs and keep the originals safe.
07 · Memories held around the yard
A groom, instructor, sharer or old yard friend may remember a moment you have never heard. Invite a few people to contribute a photograph or a paragraph. The horse who meant everything to you may have mattered to many others too.
Try one prompt: “What do you always remember about them?” Let the book stay private if you prefer. Include the quiet qualities alongside the funny stories, and agree permission before posting another person’s words or photographs online.
08 · In their name
A donation to an equine charity, helping at a local event or supporting another horse’s care can feel like a fitting tribute. You can also simply share their name and a favourite story with someone who knew them.
There is no obligation to donate, volunteer or make a public tribute. If you want to help a charity, check what it currently needs before buying or offering equipment. A private memory is just as valid as a visible memorial.
You do not have to buy something to honour your horse.
A familiar name, a photograph or a story told at the yard can be enough.
Horse memorial gifts & thoughtful support
Grief can arrive in the gaps where the routine used to be: no morning check, an unused feed bucket, no reason to take the familiar turn towards the yard. A thoughtful horse memorial gift recognises the individual horse and leaves room for the person to decide what helps.
A card with a specific memory can mean more than a formal sympathy message. Mention their steady kindness, a habit you loved or something you saw them achieve together. Check a photograph is one the recipient likes before arranging a portrait or framed print.
Hair and ashes are irreplaceable and deeply personal. Offer to help choose an equine memorial ring or necklace, rather than collecting a sample as a surprise. The recipient may want to wait, keep every strand at home or choose another kind of remembrance.
If you know their horses and the yard arrangements, offer an agreed job with the remaining horses, or help them collect belongings when they are ready. A quiet visit or a message a few weeks later can matter too. Let them decide whether they want company at the yard.
The words that belong to your partnership
Their stable name may say everything. You could add a shared date, a favourite place or a few words about what they gave you. Choose wording that sounds like your relationship, whether for an engraving, a card, a nameplate or the first page of a memory book.
Explore engraving ideas ↗My steady friend.
Every mile, together.
You carried more than you knew.
Always part of my days.
Original wording ideas for cards, prints or keepsakes. Shorter inscriptions suit engraving; check the space available on your chosen piece.Support through the loss of a horse
Losing a horse can change the shape of a day and the plans you had made for the years ahead. You may still have other horses to care for, or find it difficult to return to the yard at all. You can feel that loss deeply as a sharer, loaner or carer, too.
If you are facing a goodbye, grieving a death or struggling after another kind of loss, there are people who understand the place horses hold in our lives. You can ask for support without having decided on a memorial.
Find horse loss support ↗These organisations provide their own support services. You do not need to be a Fur & Forever customer to contact them.
Choosing, saving & remembering
Mane or tail hair, a first pony, a thoughtful gift or a small sample saved years ago. We’ll help you work through the practical details of our jewellery.
Ask us a question ↗Yes. Jewellery made with suitable horsehair can celebrate the partnership you have now. It might mark years together, a retirement or simply the horse who makes an ordinary day better. Tell us about the hair and the design you are considering before collecting or cutting a sample.
Contact us with details of the sample and your chosen design. Mane and tail hair differ in thickness, length and texture, and the piece determines what is suitable. We’ll advise before you trim or post anything. We cannot promise a particular pattern from a photograph of another finished ring.
The amount depends on the design and the material. We’ll give you instructions after ordering and can advise beforehand if you have a limited sample. Do not cut a large lock based on instructions for a different product. Where possible, keep some at home; we’ll return unused hair with the finished jewellery.
Our hair jewellery holds strands in resin; we do not offer braided or woven horsehair bracelets. Those designs may need much longer hair and different preparation. If you are comparing makers, check the construction, sample requirements and care guidance rather than assuming every horsehair keepsake is made in the same way.
It may be suitable, but describe the sample to us first, especially if it is short, mixed with debris or collected from a shared brush. Keep hair from each horse separate and labelled. We’ll help you understand whether it can be used in the design you have chosen.
The finished appearance depends on the individual strands and the resin setting. Pale hair can look subtle or translucent, while darker strands often provide more contrast. We’ll discuss what you hope for and the materials you have. Product photographs are examples of designs, not a guarantee of an identical result.
Yes, a shared or loaned horse can be a very important part of your life. Ask the owner before collecting hair or using the horse’s belongings for a keepsake. A photograph, a written memory or a book of your time together can also mark a loan ending or a move to a different yard.
Remove jewellery before riding, handling horses and yard work. Rings and necklaces can catch, and knocks, moisture and cleaning products can damage a resin-set keepsake. Think of the piece as something to enjoy away from those activities, and follow our jewellery care guidance.
A portrait, a photograph of the two of you now or a book of your years together can celebrate retirement. Horsehair jewellery can mark the new chapter too. Include the everyday companionship alongside any sporting history; a horse’s importance is not measured by whether they are still ridden.
Yes, we make ashes jewellery and can discuss a piece using a small amount of your horse’s cremation ashes. If you have ashes returned to you, most can remain at home. Contact us if you would like help understanding the sample requirements before ordering or separating any material.
A horse keepsake can begin with a photograph, an old headcollar, a rosette, a nameplate or a favourite story. You could commission a portrait or record memories with people from the yard. Not having hair or ashes does not make the connection less personal or limit it to a generic tribute.
There is no deadline for making a keepsake. Tell us how the hair has been stored and what condition it is in so we can discuss suitability. Avoid washing, treating or shortening an old sample before asking, particularly if it is all you have left.
Use the horse’s name, acknowledge a particular memory and consider the person receiving it. A card, a photograph they love or practical help may be welcome. Ask before commissioning jewellery or requesting hair and ashes. A gift should leave them free to choose how and when they want to remember.
Tell us your plans before ordering or combining samples. Suitability will depend on the design, the hair and the result you want. Keep each horse’s sample separately labelled while we discuss the possibilities, and retain some at home wherever possible.
BHS Friends at the End offers free, confidential support for owners, carers, sharers and loaners before, during and after loss, including people who are not BHS members. Blue Cross also provides pet loss support. Follow the links in the support section for their current services; you do not have to choose a memorial first.
From our Brighton workshop
We’re Jack and the Fur & Forever team. Our part in your story is to make a personal piece with care, explain the choices and look after the hair or ashes you entrust to us. Tell us about your horse, the sample you have and any concerns before deciding. We’ll help you find a design that fits.
Meet the makers ↗Written by the Fur & Forever team · November 2026
This guide combines our jewellery-making experience with ideas for celebrating and remembering horses. For equine loss support, see the specialist organisations above. Horse photography: Luisa Peter, Dabbas, Vivian Arcidiacono and Pieter van Noorden via Unsplash.
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