A Full Gallop Across Your Collar

At 2.44 inches (6.2 cm) wide, the galloping horse on this slide is one of the largest animal castings we carry — a full body at speed, legs extended, on a leather cord of about 41.7 inches (106 cm). Three platings: gold-tone, silver-tone, bronze-tone.

Width is the point here. A slide this wide behaves less like a pendant and more like a belt buckle moved up to the collar: it anchors the whole shirt front. The running pose adds a direction of travel, so the piece looks different depending on which way you part your collar — a small quirk owners tend to notice after a week.

Specifications

Style notes

Give a slide this wide a plain field to run on: solid snap-button shirts, unpatterned flannel, a canvas chore coat. Bronze-tone is the sleeper choice — it photographs like old tack hardware and pairs with almost any brown boot. Gold-tone turns it into an evening piece. Because so much depends on how the long cord hangs, it is worth skimming our cord guide on lengths and tie-off styles; then see where this piece sits among the rest of the catalog.

What to know before you buy

The horse is cast zinc alloy under tone plating — pick it for the sculpture, not for metal content. Extended legs mean thin cross-sections in the casting; treat it like the figurine it is and don't sit on it in a back pocket. Cord is supplier-listed leather at 4 mm. Published weight: none, and we won't invent one. At the top of our price range, what you are paying for is casting size, not materials.

Before you order

Does the horse come in a left-facing version?

No — one casting direction only. Check the product photos to see which way it runs; there is no mirrored option.

Is this too big for a smaller frame?

On narrow shoulders, 2.44 inches spans most of the placket gap and will dominate the outfit. That is either the goal or the dealbreaker — for a quieter horse, the head-profile model at 1.4 inches wears smaller.

Do all three finishes show the same detail?

The mold is shared, so the musculature and mane lines are identical; darker bronze-tone shows the recesses with slightly more contrast than the brighter platings.