SHOW TOMORROW..... PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GROOMING TIPS!!!!

Jokebox · 04-15-2004, 09:16 AM

Hi i've got a show tomorrow and my horse has to be immaculately turned out. fortunatley she's black, but she had white socks. has anyone got any tips on cleaning white legs and making manes and tails look nice? i will be plaiting her mane and tail so they need to be tangle-free!!!! please help me!!!!! any tips at all would be great!

kiwi'sgirl · 04-15-2004, 09:35 AM

for the tail, try first getting everything out of it then spray it with a lot of show sheen. that helps to get out tangles and when you comb through it it will get them out without puling out the hairs. then when your are done getting it tangle free spray it again. (if it looks to matted with spray just use a hard body brush gently on it to "liven it up")
hope that helps and have fun at your show. GOOD LUCK
Kiwi'sgirl

Jokebox · 04-15-2004, 09:45 AM

thanks i'll defenitley keep thet in mind!

QHGirl · 04-15-2004, 09:55 AM

Do you clip your horse???

What type of showing do you do???

There is a whitening shampoo that you can use to enhance your white horses... I use it on my geldings white foot.

Jokebox · 04-15-2004, 09:57 AM

no shez not clipped- i do show jumping and the tack and turout is really strict in my class.

kimsmorgan · 04-15-2004, 01:50 PM

my pony have 4 socks and before a show we shave her sock till there is allmost non left then we but baby powder on them but if you dont wont to clip then the baby powder works grat by it self
hope this helps

Blistering Winds · 04-15-2004, 03:52 PM

COrn starch for the white

I got a "toothed" hair brush (plastic teeth) and brush my horse's mane and tail. It looks TEN TIMES better than anything else I've tried.

Jokebox · 04-16-2004, 09:43 AM

thanx guys. i went to the show and she looked brilliant! i plaited her mane and tail, and i washed her legs and put white chalk on her white bits. we did really well and we got two clear rounds!!!!!! i was soooo happy coz it was her first show!!!! lol

Huntseat123 · 04-16-2004, 11:23 AM

yeah i posted help beofre i read the thing! its good she looked good! post some pics

<small>[ April 16, 2004, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: HuNTSeAT123 ]</small>

Jokebox · 04-25-2004, 09:40 AM

soz i hav no pics. i have got another show on friday so il take some then but i don't no how to post them. help?

04-15-2004, 09:16 AM	#1
Jokebox Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 178	SHOW TOMORROW..... PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GROOMING TIPS!!!! Hi i've got a show tomorrow and my horse has to be immaculately turned out. fortunatley she's black, but she had white socks. has anyone got any tips on cleaning white legs and making manes and tails look nice? i will be plaiting her mane and tail so they need to be tangle-free!!!! please help me!!!!! any tips at all would be great!

04-15-2004, 09:55 AM	#4
QHGirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 6,994 Images: 264	Do you clip your horse??? What type of showing do you do??? There is a whitening shampoo that you can use to enhance your white horses... I use it on my geldings white foot. __________________ I must not forget to thank the difficult horses, who made my life miserable, but who were better teachers than the well-behaved school horses who raised no problems. -Alois Podhaisky

04-15-2004, 03:52 PM	#7
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 31,870 Images: 822 Blog Entries: 17	COrn starch for the white I got a "toothed" hair brush (plastic teeth) and brush my horse's mane and tail. It looks TEN TIMES better than anything else I've tried. __________________ HGS is a very powerful, addicting place that is just as bad as cigarettes, however healthier for you AND your horse.

04-16-2004, 11:23 AM	#9
Huntseat123 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Highland, MI Posts: 6,774 Images: 464 Blog Entries: 5	yeah i posted help beofre i read the thing! its good she looked good! post some pics <small>[ April 16, 2004, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: HuNTSeAT123 ]</small> __________________ Amidst a conversation about her past as an established equestrian, we drove by a wonderful barn filled with horses. I watched as she swiftly unrolled her window and took a deep breath through her nose, letting the sweet aroma fill her lungs. A true horsewoman, I thought. R.M. Photography

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04-15-2004, 09:35 AM	#2
kiwi'sgirl Full Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 184	for the tail, try first getting everything out of it then spray it with a lot of show sheen. that helps to get out tangles and when you comb through it it will get them out without puling out the hairs. then when your are done getting it tangle free spray it again. (if it looks to matted with spray just use a hard body brush gently on it to "liven it up") hope that helps and have fun at your show. GOOD LUCK Kiwi'sgirl

04-15-2004, 09:45 AM	#3
Jokebox Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 178	thanks i'll defenitley keep thet in mind!

04-15-2004, 09:57 AM	#5
Jokebox Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 178	no shez not clipped- i do show jumping and the tack and turout is really strict in my class.

04-15-2004, 01:50 PM	#6
kimsmorgan Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8	my pony have 4 socks and before a show we shave her sock till there is allmost non left then we but baby powder on them but if you dont wont to clip then the baby powder works grat by it self hope this helps

04-16-2004, 09:43 AM	#8
Jokebox Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 178	thanx guys. i went to the show and she looked brilliant! i plaited her mane and tail, and i washed her legs and put white chalk on her white bits. we did really well and we got two clear rounds!!!!!! i was soooo happy coz it was her first show!!!! lol

04-25-2004, 09:40 AM	#10
Jokebox Full Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 178	soz i hav no pics. i have got another show on friday so il take some then but i don't no how to post them. help?