Which is better?

shepherd406 · 11-01-2009, 07:25 AM

I wish I had some good pictures of the rest of the horses we usually haul with. Every horse we have has a nice long mane. We don't pull or band or anything. Alll natural. We're barrel people.

RacePony007 · 11-01-2009, 04:33 PM

as long as their is enough for me to braid! Rather that be plaiting or a running braid! Hogged manes look good to! Especially on my Andy!

Nightwindrider · 11-01-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nrhareiner

No you train the mane/forelocks to go forward and split right where the end of the bridle path would be. Dose not take much. I have yet to have a problem with the halter or bridle getting tangled. As you can see in that picture the reins are around her neck as I did not want a picture with her bridle on. When it was pulled off it did not even mess up her mane. Also with reiners at the end of each run you HAVE to drop bridle so they go on and off quite a bit.

Oh I never knew that you could train it to seperate

how do you train it?

southernkb · 11-02-2009, 06:08 AM

I like a nice short mane for WP and associated classes. now for reining and barrels a nice long mane is perfect.

cody looks best with a short cut mane...

nrhareiner · 11-02-2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Nightwindrider

Oh I never knew that you could train it to seperate

how do you train it?

Take and make a part at an area just behind where the bridle or halter would sit just like you would if you where going to cut a bridle path. Then braid the forelocks forward and braid the mane behind the area too to keep it from coming forward. Then when you go to put on the halter or bridle all you will need to do is get the forelocks coming forward and slide on the hatler or bridle.

I will see if I can get a picture of how I keep it so you can see. It works really well. Just about ever reiner I know dose this. Not many cut Bridle paths.

Horse_Girl9804 · 11-02-2009, 08:38 AM

I've got a colt I am planning on doing english and western with. I will do a lattice braid or french braid for him in english, let it down for western. He's reining bred. I cut a bridle path this year, I refuse to next year

Jenje! · 11-02-2009, 08:41 AM

Long please!

I have Arabians and couldn't handle pulling their manes.

Native Winds · 11-02-2009, 09:48 PM

Depends on the horse, type of dicipline and weather or not i'm showing.

If Ihave a QH that I am shwoing in Weastern Pleasure I keep the mane about 4 inches.
If I have a TWH showing in Western Pleasure gaited then I have long mane.
If I am riding/showing a Reighning horse then long mane. Following the show standards for that particular dicipline.

If I am just pleasure riding a horse then I like a long mane if the mane is full and thick. If the mane is thin then I usualy keep it short. Gaited usualy long regardless of the mane's texture and thickness. I like to play with a nice thick mane, I can do a little of everything esp if its long like a good French braid or what have you.

Long:

Knievel · 11-02-2009, 09:51 PM

im all for short manes, IMO long manes just look too messy and can make a nice neck look thin.

ArabianHaven · 11-03-2009, 07:52 AM

I would have to say a pulled mane. It makes the Western horses neck look great! It also shows that you took the time to do all the grooming. Only certain breeds can pull off the long manes. Such as Arabs, Welsh Cobs (which I was pulling my mares mane before I was told that te breed can have a long mane). Where as my Dartmoore pony cross has to have her mane pulled.

11-01-2009, 07:25 AM	#21
shepherd406 Full Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Richlands, NC Posts: 234 Images: 32 Blog Entries: 1	I wish I had some good pictures of the rest of the horses we usually haul with. Every horse we have has a nice long mane. We don't pull or band or anything. Alll natural. We're barrel people. __________________ Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground. ~Author Unknown

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southernkb Full Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 27 Images: 2	I like a nice short mane for WP and associated classes. now for reining and barrels a nice long mane is perfect. cody looks best with a short cut mane... __________________ Southern Special Te - 3yr old AQHA Gelding

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Native Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lexington KY area Posts: 2,044 Images: 10 Blog Entries: 19	Depends on the horse, type of dicipline and weather or not i'm showing. If Ihave a QH that I am shwoing in Weastern Pleasure I keep the mane about 4 inches. If I have a TWH showing in Western Pleasure gaited then I have long mane. If I am riding/showing a Reighning horse then long mane. Following the show standards for that particular dicipline. If I am just pleasure riding a horse then I like a long mane if the mane is full and thick. If the mane is thin then I usualy keep it short. Gaited usualy long regardless of the mane's texture and thickness. I like to play with a nice thick mane, I can do a little of everything esp if its long like a good French braid or what have you. Long: __________________ They say money does'nt buy you happiness, but I know it would solve alot of my problems which makes me unhappy. "Trust No One" x-files Last edited by Native Winds; 11-02-2009 at 10:31 PM.

11-03-2009, 07:52 AM	#30
ArabianHaven Full Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: U.S. Posts: 87 Images: 6	I would have to say a pulled mane. It makes the Western horses neck look great! It also shows that you took the time to do all the grooming. Only certain breeds can pull off the long manes. Such as Arabs, Welsh Cobs (which I was pulling my mares mane before I was told that te breed can have a long mane). Where as my Dartmoore pony cross has to have her mane pulled. __________________ Nothing better than Arabs!

11-01-2009, 04:33 PM	#22
RacePony007 Full Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 171 Images: 8	as long as their is enough for me to braid! Rather that be plaiting or a running braid! Hogged manes look good to! Especially on my Andy!

11-02-2009, 09:51 PM	#29
Knievel Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Perth Australia Posts: 15 Images: 2	im all for short manes, IMO long manes just look too messy and can make a nice neck look thin.