do i have to plait my horse?

[ShowJumperBeckii]

ebs has a long and thick mane and my mates doing dressage tomorrow and i know you dont have to plait native breed cause they long thick manes but shes not native? so silly question does she need plaiting?

[tb x welsh D] x

 

[blitznbobs]

No don't need to but it looks smarter...

Bx

 

[Groom42]

Perhaps you could do a trellis plait?

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:42&biw=1258&bih=547

 

[Letslip]

Not as a rule but is a sign of respect towards the judge

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

right so she will have like 25 plaits in her hair lol
and groom42 its not that long and id say its too thick for that and i only have an hour x

 

[SKY]

this is what i do with my horses.
http://www.5min.com/Video/Spanish-Braiding-for-your-Horses-Mane-243745246
hope link works found it online, but its same way i do it.
also very easy to do.

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

when i say long i dont mean as long as some as you think? lol

 

[trendybraincell]

I have a Welsh Cob, I plait him for dressage and his mane is a good 6-8 inches in length. Just make sure you thin it out well before hand, mind you I still had 20 when we went out a fews weeks back

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

i havent got time to thin x

 

[Kokopelli]

There's a young boy at my yard and he does a bit of dressage his mum likes to plait his pony but he hates the smart little ball type ones as they're to 'girly'

So his pony which can only be described as wild (not to long just very thick) gets plaited liek you'd plait any other mane but he would have very big plaits so the balls would be quite big. He calls them boy plaits and it looks smarter then no plaits.

 

[digitalangel]

No you dont have to for unaffiliated, but i do, i just finished plaiting actually

Where are you dressaging tomorrow?

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

ahhh ill just do plaits at least we can say we tried?
and at tudor stud, buckinghamshire x

 

[digitalangel]

tudor stud is nice have a great time tomorrow and im sure the judge will appreciate your effort

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

tudorss my yard lol [like not mine but my horses home ] lol
and im not riding [not alowed] my mates got to try and ride my loony of a horsee lol
thanks x

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

arrhh what side do i plait on? :S lol

 

[digitalangel]

the off side but for unaffiliated it doesnt really matter all that much.

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

right ok thanks alot xxx

 

[bushbaby28]

I don't plait my cobs mane, purely because I actually think it would be impossible. He has a mohawk and you can thin it for hours but its would take years to even attempt to get it into plaits. I've never had any comments from judges but i've only ever done unaffiliated prelim with him so not as fussy

 

[ShowJumperBeckii]

right ok ill give it ago and if it fails it fails lol

thanks alot x

 

[MochaDun]

Good luck with the plaiting and hope Ebs is good for your friend.

Charm thanks so much for posting that video of how to do a Spanish plait.