Equestrian store to open in Brighton’s Green Oak Village Place shopping center – MLive.com

Equestrian store to open in Brighton’s Green Oak Village Place shopping center – MLive.com

BRIGHTON, MI — Equestrian apparel and horse-care items are taking over a space in a Brighton shopping center this spring.

Massachusetts-based Dover Saddlery is opening a 6,000-square-foot store in Green Oak Village Place, 9700 Village Place Blvd., to provide a variety of equestrian products like clothing, saddles, horse health products, blankets and other stable items. The store is filling the former Rally House space.

Company representatives did not provide an opening date.

“The new Dover Saddlery store is ideally located to offer the finest selection of English riding apparel, tack and horse care from all the leading equestrian brands to the Brighton area,” Ken Cavanaugh, vice president of retail, said in a statement. “Our presence at Green Oak Village Place will support customers throughout the greater Livingston County area and beyond, which we’ve identified as rich market for our product lines.”

This store, like all Dover Saddlery stores, will offer in-store tall boot, helmet and show coat fittings, according to the statement.

The Brighton store is the company’s first store in Michigan, offering more than 30,000 products in store, by catalog or online, according to a news release.

Jim and David Powers founded the store in 1975. They were members of the United States Equestrian Team Foundation and wanted to provide New England-area riders a saddlery shop, according to the company website. They eventually expanded their stores across 22 states.

Green Oak Village Place has more than 40 stores, including clothing, jewelry, shoes, beauty and cosmetics, sporting goods and specialty shops.

“We are pleased to continue a trajectory of growth in our neighborhood town center with the emergence of an iconic 45-year-old industry leading brand like Dover Saddlery,” Sean Valentine, Green Oak Village Place director of retail operations, said in a news release. “Dover Saddlery brings a very unique line of products that further solidifies Green Oak Village Place as a destination shopping experience complete with common, and niche goods and services for the Brighton community and beyond.”

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Published at Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:08:45 +0000