Looking for tips for turn out

jedy · 11-05-2009, 02:30 PM

I have a dilemma
I have a connemara stallion who will hopefully start teeny weeny showjumping next year.
As a stallion he'd look better with natural mane at the stallions parades. as a sahowjumper-ugh. The base of his mane is si thick, there's no phisical way it'll stay on one side. I can keep it tidy for the show's day, that's all. I can predict that puuled and plaited might not look the best- because of the width of the base of mane.
What to do????

ThePerfectFit · 11-05-2009, 02:33 PM

Even at the top levels, you dont see jumpers with braided mains. Personally I love a pulled mane that stands up and is big and fluffy ESPECIALLY in the jumper ring haha. Pull it, dont braid it. Let his mane be wild. =)

jedy · 11-05-2009, 02:38 PM

thank you, but you don't want to see him pulled and not plaited. I'd rather ride with mane tangling in my fingers. It's coarse connemara hair!

250girl · 11-06-2009, 02:52 PM

My Clydesdale cross has a thick, coarse, black, wavy, long mane. For jumpers I just let it be, it's goregous flying in the wind. For flat classes I put it in a running braid, and do my best to make it neat. It's never perfect like all those sleek, fine, straight haired horses but oh well.

jedy · 11-07-2009, 05:48 AM

It's the jumping really I worry about, will he not look untidy? In flat classes he's elgible to "let it down"

leoparddraft · 11-07-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jedy

It's the jumping really I worry about, will he not look untidy? In flat classes he's elgible to "let it down"

In jumpers it is all about who gets around the course the quickest and with the least faults. Look however you want.

We never braided our jumpers.

jedy · 11-08-2009, 12:27 AM

I was looking at him yesterday, maybe I'm imagining it, but seems like his crest slimmed down a touch with excersise, so might consider pulling. I know it's about poles staying up, but presentation is very important to me. And to him, too, his jumping is not only for fun, but it's his campaign as a stallion also. That's why I asked the question, it actually is very important to me. Not easy to re-grow 3 years of mane.

Chester · 11-08-2009, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jedy

I was looking at him yesterday, maybe I'm imagining it, but seems like his crest slimmed down a touch with excersise, so might consider pulling. I know it's about poles staying up, but presentation is very important to me. And to him, too, his jumping is not only for fun, but it's his campaign as a stallion also. That's why I asked the question, it actually is very important to me. Not easy to re-grow 3 years of mane.

Presentation is always important, no matter the class. It is just the standards required that change.

Stallions that are campaigning NEED great presentation if you are even half way serious.

Is this the fella whose tail got dyed?

I would try pulling his mane. Keep a skinny hood on him if you can and that will help to train it to sit down neatly.

Jillyann · 11-08-2009, 04:11 AM

*I have not read the above posts!*

Have you tried conditioning it, and then thinning it out? With thinning sheers.

jedy · 11-08-2009, 04:54 AM

That's the one Chester, and I think the tail will need permanent dye too, and possibly filling in.
My husband just suggested to keep his mane for the stallions' parades in spring, and pull then. He's against showing him in hand with short mane, feels strongly about it.
After looking at him closer yesterday I think he'll be ok plaited, and that seems to me the only reasonable way to go...

The hair quality is good, and it is thinned out as it is; there's no way it can be plaited for showjumping will a foot of lenght tho...so that's were the question is. French plait will look unprofessional, won't it?

11-05-2009, 02:30 PM	#1
jedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,527 Images: 48	Looking for tips for turn out I have a dilemma I have a connemara stallion who will hopefully start teeny weeny showjumping next year. As a stallion he'd look better with natural mane at the stallions parades. as a sahowjumper-ugh. The base of his mane is si thick, there's no phisical way it'll stay on one side. I can keep it tidy for the show's day, that's all. I can predict that puuled and plaited might not look the best- because of the width of the base of mane. What to do????

11-05-2009, 02:33 PM	#2
ThePerfectFit Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 1,061	Even at the top levels, you dont see jumpers with braided mains. Personally I love a pulled mane that stands up and is big and fluffy ESPECIALLY in the jumper ring haha. Pull it, dont braid it. Let his mane be wild. =) __________________ The Perfect Fit <3

11-08-2009, 04:11 AM	#9
Jillyann Full Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 94	I have not read the above posts! Have you tried conditioning it, and then thinning it out? With thinning sheers. __________________ Currently Leasing: Candy Cane, 14.2HH Grade Pinto Mare <3

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11-05-2009, 02:38 PM	#3
jedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,527 Images: 48	thank you, but you don't want to see him pulled and not plaited. I'd rather ride with mane tangling in my fingers. It's coarse connemara hair!

11-06-2009, 02:52 PM	#4
250girl Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 23	My Clydesdale cross has a thick, coarse, black, wavy, long mane. For jumpers I just let it be, it's goregous flying in the wind. For flat classes I put it in a running braid, and do my best to make it neat. It's never perfect like all those sleek, fine, straight haired horses but oh well.

11-07-2009, 05:48 AM	#5
jedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,527 Images: 48	It's the jumping really I worry about, will he not look untidy? In flat classes he's elgible to "let it down"

11-08-2009, 12:27 AM	#7
jedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,527 Images: 48	I was looking at him yesterday, maybe I'm imagining it, but seems like his crest slimmed down a touch with excersise, so might consider pulling. I know it's about poles staying up, but presentation is very important to me. And to him, too, his jumping is not only for fun, but it's his campaign as a stallion also. That's why I asked the question, it actually is very important to me. Not easy to re-grow 3 years of mane.

11-08-2009, 04:54 AM	#10
jedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,527 Images: 48	That's the one Chester, and I think the tail will need permanent dye too, and possibly filling in. My husband just suggested to keep his mane for the stallions' parades in spring, and pull then. He's against showing him in hand with short mane, feels strongly about it. After looking at him closer yesterday I think he'll be ok plaited, and that seems to me the only reasonable way to go... The hair quality is good, and it is thinned out as it is; there's no way it can be plaited for showjumping will a foot of lenght tho...so that's were the question is. French plait will look unprofessional, won't it?