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Running Braid for Western pleasure?
The horse I might be getting has a very long mane(all of the horses at the rescue do they don't pull or trim) I was wondering if I could do a running braid for Western pleasure, horsemanship, etc? She will only be showing in small shows for experience as she is only green broke at the moment and we will be training over the winter and into next summer. We will only be doing our best not trying to win or anything.
Can I do a running braid(I am very good at it as I have practiced it a lot) or should I just band it long(I am not very good at banding even short manes) or leave it down?
All we will be showing is small 4-H shows and that kind of thing. The biggest show we will be going to is The county fair at the end of the year when She will probably be ready for her mane to be pulled.
Braiding is generally reserved for Hunter horses and Saddle type horses. Please don't braid your horse's mane if he is a stock type (paint, quarter horse, appaloosa, etc.). If you have a stock type you can band it at the top and let the rest hang naturally, or you can do a fancy pattern with many bands. LIke this: http://media.photobucket.com/image/banded%20mane/huswplovr/Untitled1mane.jpg
If you want to do the modern cut of the stock type mane, it looks like this (banded): http://www.therideronline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cache/1432_NpAdvHover.jpg
You don't necessarily need to cut your horse's mane for showing. Just make sure the mane is tidy and banded before the show. Be sure it's tangle free and shiny no matter what the length.
If you have a saddle type I would either leave it alone or do a running braid. Either would be fine.
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