What side does the mane go on?

QHGirl · 07-16-2004, 11:09 AM

Honestly I have never really seen it make a difference.

Understand about roping horses and that is prob where it came from.... I have had show horses with mane on right side and on left side.... I won equally with both, when it comes down to it, mane doesn't make a difference unless there were 2 equal horses (conformation wise, movement, basically 2 identical horses) then the mane MIGHT matter!!!

lilmisscowgrl · 07-16-2004, 11:42 AM

Here it is important in hunters that the mane fall on the off side. It is like an unspoken rule!!! I learned that when I was a groom for the "A" circuit shows.

cassidy · 07-16-2004, 12:29 PM

hehe bluebell doesnt have one i hogged her lol

cassidy · 07-16-2004, 12:30 PM

but i always thought it was suppose to be the off side (right)

but that can be difficult if your horses natuarally falls the other way

cassidy · 07-16-2004, 12:31 PM

not nesessarilly a cob can also have a natural long mane for showing!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lou3

off side always. Unless you have an exmoor pony then it is correct for the mane to lie on both sides (oh and a fijord's sticks straight up, a cob should be roached for showing etc)
Lou

belle4 · 07-16-2004, 01:27 PM

Hey QHgirl,

That is the point I was trying to make about a horse being ambidexterous. I can't see where it would make one hoot of difference.

QHGirl · 07-16-2004, 03:15 PM

OK, well at least in Pleasure and most OTHER classes the mane doesn't matter what side, just as long as it is nice looking!

AND if you go by old times, it should be on Left side because that is the side you get up on your horse AND what you grab to pull yourself up on... (back in those times)

Cowgirl_Up · 07-16-2004, 10:14 PM

I have a mustang and his brand is on the left so i put his mane on the right. i dont think it should matter but i guess it depends on what your doing.

JumpsxGlory · 07-19-2004, 11:15 AM

Too me it doesn't really matter.... Aslong as it doesn't fall on both sides I'm ok. I don't like the way it looks. lol

QTRgirl · 07-19-2004, 04:33 PM

What do you do with a mane that parts down the middle. I keep combing it to the right, and when I turn around it's parted in the middle again.

07-16-2004, 11:09 AM	#21
QHGirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 7,118 Images: 287	Honestly I have never really seen it make a difference. Understand about roping horses and that is prob where it came from.... I have had show horses with mane on right side and on left side.... I won equally with both, when it comes down to it, mane doesn't make a difference unless there were 2 equal horses (conformation wise, movement, basically 2 identical horses) then the mane MIGHT matter!!! __________________ 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 I've been Snowballed!!!!

07-16-2004, 12:29 PM	#23
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,580 Images: 823	hehe bluebell doesnt have one i hogged her lol __________________ ive been snowballed... ive been splatted May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

07-16-2004, 12:30 PM	#24
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,580 Images: 823	but i always thought it was suppose to be the off side (right) but that can be difficult if your horses natuarally falls the other way __________________ ive been snowballed... ive been splatted May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

07-16-2004, 01:27 PM	#26
belle4 Senior Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,531 Images: 455	Hey QHgirl, That is the point I was trying to make about a horse being ambidexterous. I can't see where it would make one hoot of difference. __________________ "Never has an adult stood so tall as they were when they bent down to help a child....." (from my friend Sandra)

07-16-2004, 03:15 PM	#27
QHGirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 7,118 Images: 287	OK, well at least in Pleasure and most OTHER classes the mane doesn't matter what side, just as long as it is nice looking! AND if you go by old times, it should be on Left side because that is the side you get up on your horse AND what you grab to pull yourself up on... (back in those times) __________________ 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 I've been Snowballed!!!!

07-16-2004, 11:42 AM	#22
lilmisscowgrl Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Indpls. IN Posts: 688 Images: 48	Here it is important in hunters that the mane fall on the off side. It is like an unspoken rule!!! I learned that when I was a groom for the "A" circuit shows.

07-16-2004, 10:14 PM	#28
Cowgirl_Up Full Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: oregon Posts: 243 Images: 2	I have a mustang and his brand is on the left so i put his mane on the right. i dont think it should matter but i guess it depends on what your doing. __________________ Not all men are created equal...only the best become cowboys!!! Proud owner of my mustang Cisco R.I.P: Keeko....you are missed!

07-19-2004, 11:15 AM	#29
JumpsxGlory Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 8,908 Images: 1034 Blog Entries: 2	Too me it doesn't really matter.... Aslong as it doesn't fall on both sides I'm ok. I don't like the way it looks. lol __________________ "Preserve his natural gaits. Preserve his personality. Preserve his instinct to go forward. Do this and you must be successful because you are respecting nature's wisdom" Carpe Diem (Ollie): TB Dressage gelding, my guardian angel

07-19-2004, 04:33 PM	#30
QTRgirl Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,055	What do you do with a mane that parts down the middle. I keep combing it to the right, and when I turn around it's parted in the middle again.

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