Showing with a long mane(AQHA & APHA)

Bonanzasgirl · 06-13-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by xduckehx

here is a picture, and a website explaining how to do it if you aren't sure and it's something you'd like to try..

http://www.exhibitorlabs.com/article_02c.cfm

Ok I did this for the last show and it looked great but he has a really fine mane so he kept shaking it out and i'd have to redo it. How do you get it to stay?

hjackma51982 · 06-13-2008, 02:49 PM

Alternatively, you might try banding it, just to show that you have taken the time to do something with it and that it is not long for for sheer lack of motivation to "properly" groom. I would personally love to se more horses shown with natural length manes.

xduckehx · 06-13-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonanzasgirl

Ok I did this for the last show and it looked great but he has a really fine mane so he kept shaking it out and i'd have to redo it. How do you get it to stay?

Try hair spray, or coating with gel after it's done

even a bobby-pin here or there will help it stay in a bit better. if you use hair products, just remember to wash out shortly after the show or else they get kinda gross lol

Horse_Girl9804 · 06-14-2008, 09:49 AM

LOL, for gaming shows you can do a "net" on their mane.. I know I'm no help.

dotgotcalm · 06-16-2008, 05:12 AM

I show my reiners HUS as well so I just do a french braid for the english classes. If your horse has a thin mane it's possible to just do very small and numerous hunter braids by folding each section under more than once. If each section is small enough this can actually look very nice but...it's an awful lot of work especially at a multiple day show where you'll have to redo it every day.

The length of a horse mane shouldn't have any bearing on how it places in a class but unfortunately, with most judges it, does.

Equinelvr66 · 06-16-2008, 05:52 AM

Well my horse shows roping, reining, WCH and then all the english and western classes and speed events. We band his mane for everything but the roping and the reining. He won the halter class at the Colorado State Fair in both APHA Aged geldings and APHA amateur geldings. They knew my horse was a performance horse because it is the same judges doing all the classes. So they understand (most of the time

) that they are judging a performance horse and expect the mane to be natural length. but does need to be banded or something so they can see the neck in halter and showmanship.

bnttyra · 06-16-2008, 06:43 AM

Does anyone have pictures of a long mane banded? Is that pretty hard to do with a long mane? I have done it with a short mane but it would seem much more difficult with a long one. I think I will try the braiding thing for our first show, just to see how that works.

countrysoul784 · 06-16-2008, 11:00 AM

I agree with Acme Acres.....show them your horse not their mane....

I have a Quarter horse and left her mane long...however, I show open shows....she usually always is first or second in halter and we do well in western.

I would like to show AQHA show eventually and I will leave her mane long...at least I would try it.

Fantasmic · 06-16-2008, 06:11 PM

Pleasure horse with a long, banded mane at the 2006 AQHA World Show:
http://www.kcmontgomery.com/ViewLarg...4&cNumber=1454
http://www.kcmontgomery.com/ViewLarg...4&cNumber=1454

I have never banded a long mane myself since I show reiners. One of them has thick mane that will eventually reach his knees (almost there! lol) and the other one has a thin mane that won't grow anymore, but I wouldn't like his super long anyway. It'd look to stringy, lol.

I'd probably french braid their manes myself if I showed in other events, maybe band Player's (the one without the freakishly long hair).

Ginger_Nell · 06-16-2008, 06:23 PM

His hair was really long I want to say a couple inches then whats acctually in the picture. Just this section that i did took a long time.

06-16-2008, 05:52 AM	#16
Equinelvr66 Full Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 270 Images: 17	Well my horse shows roping, reining, WCH and then all the english and western classes and speed events. We band his mane for everything but the roping and the reining. He won the halter class at the Colorado State Fair in both APHA Aged geldings and APHA amateur geldings. They knew my horse was a performance horse because it is the same judges doing all the classes. So they understand (most of the time ) that they are judging a performance horse and expect the mane to be natural length. but does need to be banded or something so they can see the neck in halter and showmanship. __________________ 2001 Bay Tobiano "Jackpots Sensation" Flashy

06-16-2008, 06:43 AM	#17
bnttyra Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 2,086 Images: 62 Blog Entries: 18	Does anyone have pictures of a long mane banded? Is that pretty hard to do with a long mane? I have done it with a short mane but it would seem much more difficult with a long one. I think I will try the braiding thing for our first show, just to see how that works. __________________ *Tyra Hounds & Horses* *"Patience is knowing, it will happen in time"* http://web.mac.com/bnttyra/TYRAHOUND...M/Welcome.html

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Ginger_Nell Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 1,117 Images: 160	His hair was really long I want to say a couple inches then whats acctually in the picture. Just this section that i did took a long time. __________________ http://freewebs.com/rollinranch Ginger\|\|Zoey\|\|Diesel\|\|Kodak\|\|Bau Kasey~Gus Gus~Lady~Roxy

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06-13-2008, 02:49 PM	#12
hjackma51982 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 209	Alternatively, you might try banding it, just to show that you have taken the time to do something with it and that it is not long for for sheer lack of motivation to "properly" groom. I would personally love to se more horses shown with natural length manes.

06-14-2008, 09:49 AM	#14
Horse_Girl9804 Full Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 70 Images: 13	LOL, for gaming shows you can do a "net" on their mane.. I know I'm no help.

06-16-2008, 05:12 AM	#15
dotgotcalm Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 444 Images: 2	I show my reiners HUS as well so I just do a french braid for the english classes. If your horse has a thin mane it's possible to just do very small and numerous hunter braids by folding each section under more than once. If each section is small enough this can actually look very nice but...it's an awful lot of work especially at a multiple day show where you'll have to redo it every day. The length of a horse mane shouldn't have any bearing on how it places in a class but unfortunately, with most judges it, does.

06-16-2008, 11:00 AM	#18
countrysoul784 Full Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Western Canada Posts: 121	I agree with Acme Acres.....show them your horse not their mane.... I have a Quarter horse and left her mane long...however, I show open shows....she usually always is first or second in halter and we do well in western. I would like to show AQHA show eventually and I will leave her mane long...at least I would try it.

06-16-2008, 06:11 PM	#19
Fantasmic Full Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43 Images: 6	Pleasure horse with a long, banded mane at the 2006 AQHA World Show: http://www.kcmontgomery.com/ViewLarg...4&cNumber=1454 http://www.kcmontgomery.com/ViewLarg...4&cNumber=1454 I have never banded a long mane myself since I show reiners. One of them has thick mane that will eventually reach his knees (almost there! lol) and the other one has a thin mane that won't grow anymore, but I wouldn't like his super long anyway. It'd look to stringy, lol. I'd probably french braid their manes myself if I showed in other events, maybe band Player's (the one without the freakishly long hair).