To pull or not to pull...

Quick2Skip01 · 11-01-2007, 07:40 AM

Personally, since you will not be showing until next spring, WHY bother now? u are just going to have to keep it pulled or pull it again in the spring. If you decide to pull it, do it next spring rather than now.

I keep my horses mane short all show season, and then I dont fuss with it during the winter, and then start over again.

Just wait til spring then do it.

JohnnyBob'sMyBoy · 11-01-2007, 01:19 PM

leave it long and do a running braid for english......

or a diamond braid...
Diamond Braid - Mares Horse Pictures

and band it for western.....

horseyfrk145 · 11-01-2007, 01:34 PM

well, honestly i say pull it. it looks nice pulled

CatandMinot · 11-01-2007, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyBob'sMyBoy

leave it long and do a running braid for english......

or a diamond braid...
Diamond Braid - Mares Horse Pictures

and band it for western.....

Now that is cool. I LOVE that long banded mane.

I have tried to do the running braid before, but I think I could get it with practice. This way we could still look "professional", but without wasting the 5 years of growing her mane back.

A Diamond braid could also work, but it definitely would not end up looking like one!

Thanks!

JohnnyBob'sMyBoy · 11-01-2007, 02:05 PM

no problem.......

Daisy2 · 11-01-2007, 03:08 PM

Leave it...hehe btw your horse is absolutly beautifull!!!

CurryComb · 11-01-2007, 06:18 PM

Well since a horses mane helps keeps a horse warm, I wouldnt pull it intill spring, if you want to pull it.

Silverleprichua · 11-01-2007, 07:30 PM

if you are going to show I'd pull it because long manes look messy IMO. if you are just doing a handful of local shows then I'd keep it long, she looks very cute with it.

CatandMinot · 11-01-2007, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverleprichua

if you are going to show I'd pull it because long manes look messy IMO. if you are just doing a handful of local shows then I'd keep it long, she looks very cute with it.

I'll probably be doing at least 10 shows with that circuit and a few others next year if she is sound enough (Though I'm pretty sure she will be; she was so jealous when I rode Minot this afternoon

)

Depending on Minot's progress under saddle (she wore a bridle for the first time under her halter today and did really well), I might just use her in the English classes and just use Cat in western. But that might be later in the season... idk

Thanks everyone!

ps: (just a humorous note)
I think it's kinda funny that the poll has stayed completely even this entire time (10 for pulling either now or in the spring and 10 for not pulling)

CatandMinot · 11-01-2007, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurryComb

Well since a horses mane helps keeps a horse warm, I wouldnt pull it intill spring, if you want to pull it.

That's exactly why I thought about just waiting until spring if I end up pulling it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daisy2

Leave it...hehe btw your horse is absolutly beautifull!!!

Thanks!

View Poll Results: Should I Pull Cat's Mane...?
Pull her mane now	7	25.93%
Pull her mane in the Spring	6	22.22%
Do not pull her mane at all	14	51.85%
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11-01-2007, 07:40 AM	#11
Quick2Skip01 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 4,062 Images: 287 Blog Entries: 7	Personally, since you will not be showing until next spring, WHY bother now? u are just going to have to keep it pulled or pull it again in the spring. If you decide to pull it, do it next spring rather than now. I keep my horses mane short all show season, and then I dont fuss with it during the winter, and then start over again. Just wait til spring then do it. __________________ ~2008 ABRA National Reserve Hi-Pt Amateur~ Horse Power- (Informal) The extraordinary capacity of the horse to elevate the human spirit.

11-01-2007, 01:19 PM	#12
JohnnyBob'sMyBoy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvannia Posts: 2,076 Images: 191 Blog Entries: 7	leave it long and do a running braid for english...... or a diamond braid... Diamond Braid - Mares Horse Pictures and band it for western..... __________________ My Horses: Raisin, Dixie, JB, Justy, LuLu and Lily.....LULU IS FOR SALE PM FOR INFO FORSALE FreeSpiritAcres

11-01-2007, 02:05 PM	#15
JohnnyBob'sMyBoy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvannia Posts: 2,076 Images: 191 Blog Entries: 7	no problem....... __________________ My Horses: Raisin, Dixie, JB, Justy, LuLu and Lily.....LULU IS FOR SALE PM FOR INFO FORSALE FreeSpiritAcres

11-01-2007, 03:08 PM	#16
Daisy2 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cape Town,South Africa Posts: 831 Images: 88	Leave it...hehe btw your horse is absolutly beautifull!!! __________________ 100% Proudly South African I've been snowballed!!! And it was great!!!

11-01-2007, 06:18 PM	#17
CurryComb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On a farm in NE Kansas Posts: 391	Well since a horses mane helps keeps a horse warm, I wouldnt pull it intill spring, if you want to pull it. __________________ Ya'll come back now. I've been Goosed!

11-01-2007, 07:30 PM	#18
Silverleprichua Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 673 Images: 32	if you are going to show I'd pull it because long manes look messy IMO. if you are just doing a handful of local shows then I'd keep it long, she looks very cute with it. __________________ www.tayloradams.org http://silverleprichuan.deviantart.com/

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