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......if your cob has a long forelock do you find it helps if you plait it when you ride.....less likely to spook as he/she can see...Sorry this question has been bugging me for awhile,not normally do I ask dumb questions!
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PMSL!!! I've never let Berry's mane get that long - but then he's not hairy, hairy cob! Never thought about it with other cobs I have known..... really helpful of me! Sorry!
 
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PMSL!!! I've never let Berry's mane get that long - but then he's not hairy, hairy cob! Never thought about it with other cobs I have known..... really helpful of me! Sorry!

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Don't mock me!
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it's a sensible question.....I'm PMSL asking it.....but,I reckon there is some logic to this one!
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Never was a problem with my Fell mare who had a mane and forelock I could have set up home in and nobody would have found me...........
 
Use to have an old gypsy cob mare her forlock covered her whole face so she couldn't see! She was quite a spooky girl so one day I plaited it for her. BIG mistake! Now she could see everything & was even more spookier!! So took it out! There use to be this feed sack up the lane was there for months every single day she would spook past it, then one day it was gone, could I get her past that point!... Took forever! Dozzy mare!
 
My horse used to have a beautiful long mane and forelock down to her nose, until the girl who has her on loan trimmed it. Anyway, prior to the haircut she wasn't spooky and nor is she now. The only thing that freaks her out is heards of cows or sheltland ponies rushing towards her, and we've not encountered them recently. Maybe it will make a difference!
 
And if I can join in asking silly questions, how do you wash a cob tail....I don't have a cob, but a Shire x TB and she has a huge tail full of spirals...is there any good technique/product?
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Not a silly question - a tail full of spirals is a nightmare!!

I wash a couple of times with shampoo, use conditioner and then mane/tail de-tangler brushed through whilst still wet using a hairbrush. Then, when nearly dry spray again with de-tangler or coat gloss and brush again.

This long and tedious process keeps spirals at bay for ooohh, as long as 48 hours sometimes!!
And it obviously only gets done pre-competition!!
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I've not plaited to ride but do to drive. As his forelock will sit under his blinkers otherwise and he won't be able to see.
I find it a problem riding.
 
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And if I can join in asking silly questions, how do you wash a cob tail....I don't have a cob, but a Shire x TB and she has a huge tail full of spirals...is there any good technique/product?
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Washing up liquid with really hot water, followed by lots and lots of mane and tail conditioner.
My guys haven't had their tails touched all winter, till last week when I went to dressage. I washed it all on the weekend before with hot water and washing up liquid. Sprayed with M+T and then brushed through with a hairbrush. Then the day before the dressage just washed the bottom half, again with washing up liquid, sprayed M+T and plaited so he couldn't poo down it and it stayed white!

You can kind of see here what their tails are like.
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And after a wash.
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Those photos are good - I feel better now, as my girl's tail is black...so doesn't look quite so dirty as the first photo of yours.
If you splather it in M & T conditioner, does that stop it getting dirtier when you throw them back out? Or does the mud/poo/ick stick to it more?
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Cowboy magic detangler and shine. My mares tail only doesnt spiral up again for about a week when i put this through and its non greasy. Does help towards staying clean too. Bit expensive though but a little goes a long way... and you can use it on your hair too!
 
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......if your cob has a long forelock do you find it helps if you plait it when you ride.....less likely to spook as he/she can see...Sorry this question has been bugging me for awhile,not normally do I ask dumb questions!
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My boy gets a matching plait front and rear!! Just cause he looks so damn proud and gorgeous when out and about!!
Can't help with the spooking bit... very few things....if anything cause a quick glance, let alone a spook!

Either way, plaited or tucked under the brow band, he does tend to be a little more lively in the ride... which suits me just fine!!
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QR I'm curious now! I've never had any problems letting it all be free, but sometimes you wonder just how much they can see. Hmm
 
Mine is hogged and I have two friends with trads, one plaits the forelock when he goes driving and the other leaves hers au naturel all the time. None seem to be bothered with the arrangements.

I did grow my cobs forelock out thinking it would be a nice fly fringe for him but he was so unused to seeing it he used to try and run backwards if it blew in his eyes.....hogged it off again!
 
Murphy's forelock covers his whole face and eyes - and that's how he likes it. I leave it as it is but other people always saw "aww, poor pony, he can't see... " and give it a silly parting or tuck it behind his ears
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....and he shakes his head so it goes back to where it was
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Having welshies (A & D) mine have always had long, full manes and forelocks but I have never plaited or anything for riding or driving.
 
I have the same problem with spirals in the tail and wash two or three times with baby shampoo, rinse and spin the tail round like a helicopter (obviously only from the base of the tail bone) then squirt on baby oil (not too much) brush through and it keeps dirt at bay too (will take some pictures next time I wash it)....For white tails net curtain whitener takes out the yellow at the ends
 
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