HI Spy: Share Your Grooming Secrets

How do you deal with day-to-day grooming dilemmas?

26-Feb-09

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Horses are ingenious when it comes to getting dirty. They always seem to know where to find the sloppiest mud puddle and just how to properly cover themselves in it. Even a stalled horse will stamp a nice manure stain on himself, usually after you've given him a bath with the intention of leaving for a show early the next morning.

This just means that horse people need to be clever about cleaning up filthy ponies. Every groom, barn manager and horse owner figures out new grooming tricks in the ongoing quest for a clean equine.

This month HI Spy wants to know, what are your grooming secrets? What do you do when your pinto comes in from a muddy pasture looking like a solid chestnut? Is there a way to rescue your horse's tail when it's been glued together with burrs? How do you deal with those early spring days when you've curried until your arm is sore, but that winter coat just keeps on shedding?  Leave a comment below and spill your secrets for the good of horses and the sanity of horse owners everywhere. Some of the best answers will appear in an upcoming issue of Horse Illustrated.

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Tesla    Western, NC 12/4/2012 6:32:53 PM My horse has super long and mane which makes me think that he might be part Haflinger. But on show days when he competes in English flat classes he needs a running braid but it falls out no matter what so through my own testing I found a simple solution. You just buy regular spray gel from the hair section of your supermarket or wherever and you spray it onto your horse's dampened mane and then do a long running braid. Your horse's mane will look ahh-mazing and it won't be crunchy and fake that's the magic of good ole spray gel! Hailey C.    Vergennes, VT 12/8/2011 6:19:14 AM I take a wet rag and dampen my brushes so that dirt and dander stick to them instead of just getting spread around. caroline    homosassa, FL 11/4/2011 11:50:17 AM what i do is bathe my horse with rosewater its like soap and it makes your horse shiny and soft so you can look good and he can smell and look good Allysa    Midlothian, TX 10/14/2011 12:06:22 PM Phantom loves to roll in mud every chance he gets. after he gets a bath and dries off as soon as he is let go he rolls just to get dirt him. He usually gets groomed about 2 hours a day it keeps his mane and tail tangle free. Also i use bleach on his hooves it kill all bacteria and hardens his hooves and gives it a shine. and of course using show sheen is awesome!