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StableNews #48 - 03/13/2025
Welcome to a new Edition of the StableNews
- The personal note from the StableWrangler
- First Events 2025
- Portland is next
- CLAW Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend
- Save the Date for LA
- Video Bundle
1. The personal note from the StableWrangler
I have to start with something that deeply saddens and troubles me - besides everything that is happening in the world and the USA in particular. The death of a human is never easy to digest.
It is even harder when it is done due to a heinous crime. On March 4th, Mickey Harmon and his Boyfriend of 5 years, Jordan, were killed in their own homes. Senseless, violent, and not LQBTQ+ related, a burglar randomly chose their homes after breaking into several others and killing them in their basements!
Who was Mickey for us - for me?
Read more on the RIP Page for Mickey and Jordan!
SF Update: Our San Francisco Venue is awaiting its new license, and after this is received, we can schedule new Events in San Francisco.
Finally, we are happy to announce that we will be coming back to CLAW-25 more in this Newsletter, so let's start!
2. First Events in 2025
I just returned from Los Angeles, where we had four very successful HorseMarkets:
- February 28th and March 1st: Held in a safe and welcoming space in Downtown LA (DTLA). March 7th and 8th: A San Fernando Valley Club Edition, hosted at The Lair Playground in Canoga Park.
These events mark the start of something special for LA, and I can not wait to be back in Los Angeles soon!
We also partnered with the local LA LGBTQ+ Center for Health support, and we are so thankful for what they do for the community. Big Shout out to them!
And I know that a lot of our guests are waiting for the next part - cause when we have a HorseMarket, we have voted winners for Best in Show.
And Los Angeles and the Valley make no exceptions.
I also want to add how proud I am of our Guests - voting for such a diverse selection of Best in Shows!
So, without further ado, here are the winners of the latest HorseMarkets in DTLA & The Valley:
3. Portland is next
Next is our famous after Church HorseMarket in Portland, OR. Our only PNW event takes place on Sunday 23th of March, with a check-in time at 2:05 PM PST.
Stallion Tickets are still available!
So please, go ahead beautiful tops, and unlock even more Mare from the lottery!
4. CLAW Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend
We are thrilled to announce that we have secured a venue for HorseMarket during CLAW 25.
This year, CLAW 25 will take place at the I-X Convention Center.
Due to hotels rejecting the sexual nature of CLAW this year, alternative arrangements had to be made.
As a result, we also needed to find a new location for HorseMarket.
After an extensive search, we found an event venue just 18 minutes away from the city center and close to some of the CLAW hotels.
This venue offers ample space for all our mares to be mounted by beautiful stallions.
We have an Event on Friday, April 18th & Saturday, April 19th Check-in begins at 5:05 PM, and the event concludes at 9:45 PM local time. If you are attending HorseMarket, you do NOT need a CLAW pass.
Stallions with a CLAW 25 pass can email the CLAW Team to receive a special coupon code. Please ensure you obtain the coupon code before purchasing tickets, as refunds will not be issued for this CLAW-sponsored discount.
Let’s support CLAW and the community by attending and being the great guests we are known to be!
We constantly evolve our ticket process to make it easier, more transparent, and fairer. That is why we changed the way Stallion sales and Mare Lottery registration work.
For the first time, we are introducing a staggered registration process. We start selling Stallion tickets first. Then the Mare registration opens a little bit later for CLAW on March 31st.
Why? As you might know, our Mare Tickets will be allocated through a lottery system. Mare Tickets are "unlocked" based on the number of Stallion Tickets sold. This means that if Mares sign at the same time, the wait until the final draws will be long.
And why should we torture Mares when we don’t have to?
With a staggered registration, we can have shorter time for the mare to wait and with Stallions tickets already on sale we have some bigger draws right away.
We also noticed that when draws take place after a while, many mares who registered early may no longer be available.
By conducting the draws closer to the signup, the process becomes fairer and more convenient for everyone, but especially for our Mares in heat.
Stallion tickets are on sale already.
Mare lottery registration opens on March 31st at 6:15 PM PST.
The first draw will take place on April 5th, with more draws following alongside Stallion Ticket sales—up to the event day or when we are sold out.
Stallion Sales starts in
5. Save the Date for LA
LA asked for us to come back. So we put it in our Calendar!
Please save the dates for new DTLA Events:
August 8th & 9th 2025
Stallion Tickets go on sale in June.
6. Video Bundle
We created a bundle of Edition 1 & 2 of our HorseMarket Video.
It is now available for a discounted bundle price in our merch store, where you can find so much more!
Thank you so much for your time—I truly appreciate it. I hope to see you soon, whether it’s when I check you in at an event or during my travels to your city. Don’t hesitate to say hi and connect!
Martin, StableWrangler
Danke Schön!
If you feel overwhelmed,
please speak to a therapist and make sure you are in good care!
Burn out is real!
Also, COVID & MonkeyPox are coming back stronger. Please make sure you get tested and vaccinated!
Talk to your healthcare professionals for their recommendations!
Remember to get tested regularly, and have healthy responsible sex.
StableWrangler Martin
Stable Master Matt
And to those supporting our events, give some love to our sponsors:
Twitter: @Pig_load , @Squarepegtoys
Web: PigLoad.com/HorseMarket
Squarepegtoys.com
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