Comments on: Top 5 Tips for Shortening Your Horse’s Mane

By: Lisa-Marie Stock

Lisa-Marie Stock — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:15:55 +0000

This post is great! How to post are really useful. I cut my horses mane it sticks up like a Mohawk! any suggestions?

By: Shae

Shae — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:52:13 +0000

I read your article and today was the first time I decided
to cut my horses mane. It came out pretty good but, I cut
upward and toward her head is much shorter. Oh Well, It will grow back.. I did better on the second horse.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:00:21 +0000

OTB – It’s a good thing I actually like braiding. I like it enough that I might even be silly and do it for the little Pegasus show this fall, just for fun!

Rhonda – Don’t let this picture deceive you; it’s only laying flat because it was recently combed and Ace didn’t have any food to eat. When he puts his head down to graze, the top third of his mane ends up on the top of his neck. I do have some tricks up my sleeve for getting manes to stay on one side though, and I have been intending to use them on Ace sometime soon. I’ll have to take pictures and blog it!

Deanna – practicing lots ahead of time is how I learned to braid, and actually had semi-decent looking ones the first time I did it for a show. I always thought it was kind of fun, so that helped. I may be able to braid nicely, but I can’t band to save my life! Sounds like a ‘how to’ post for you…

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:09:43 +0000

Excellent post! I like to have my students practice banding and braiding months ahead of show season. They may get bored, but that’s life right! A properly banded or braided mane is a beautiful thing.

By: RhondaL

RhondaL — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:23:09 +0000

Great article! And I’m very impressed with how flat his mane is. Another article, if you don’t mind me suggesting one, would be to show how to keep a mane flat like that. Especially a thick mane like Ace’s.

By: OnTheBit

OnTheBit — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:22:12 +0000

I love a long mane in horses! As soon as my guy retired I let it grow out. I do still try and keep it even, but it is evenly long!

Ace looks great with a short mane! And you poor thing when you have to braid him…his hair is so thick!