Cleaning Your Horse

Over the winter months you horse will likely get a little grubby especially if they have been turned out during this time and hasn’t done much in the way of riding or grooming. This is the time when you should spring clean your horse.
The mane and tail is the best place to start. [...]

Horse Bathing

Bathing your horse is a time consuming yet necessary activity that will make for a presentable animal at a show [...]

Bathing your horse

Before you start

Begin by checking the weather. If it’s too cool for you to get wet, then it’s probably too cold for your horse, too.
Next, carefully choose a good area for bathing. The ground should ideally be concrete grass or dirt could turn into a mud pile and defeat the purpose of bathing.
Tie your horse [...]

Styling a horses mane

The basic ways to style a horse’s mane are: 

A perfectly ‘banded’ mane
Natural, which includes manes conditioned to grow extremely long
Pulled or thinned, where small clumps of hairs are pulled out along the underside of the neck
Plaited
Banded, divided into many small sections with a small rubber band placed around each; used for Western
Hogged, shaven off down [...]

Clipping Tips

Face and Head

Have someone with you to hold your horse and help soothe, if necessary. Always start on the side keeping one hand over the nose. This will give you more control, but you do not need to press down hard. Most horses will allow you to use larger body clippers on the side of [...]

Top winter grooming tips

Keeping horses’ coats shiny and healthy in winter is easier said than done, especially if they are unclipped or have had minimal hair taken off. But professional grooms have trade secrets for keeping their charges presentable.
“I don’t groom horses who are living out and not working because they need the grease in their coats as [...]