Friesian going hunting

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greenlivery

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I want to take my Friesian gelding out hunting but I'm pretty new to hunting and don't know what to do with his mane and tail!
His tail is huge and heavy and his mane is equally hard to deal with!
Please let me know what I should do with all that hair!
 
My friend hunts her Lusitano stallion and does a running plait for the mane and plaits and tapes up the tail polo style.
 
His mane is too thick to do a running plait, well it can be done, but it ends up looking pretty messy, and the tail is too heavy for polo style.
Would be it acceptable to plait the main in three or four individual long plaits just to keep ther mane out the way? Or would that look silly!?
 
I went hunting for the first time the other day and made the effort to plait up (I'll add she's an appy - so difficult to plait that mane!!) and there were only 2 or 3 other horses plaited up, all the others just had pulled free flowing manes! I wouldn't worry to much!! I don't think I'll plait next time!
 
I'm a great believer in plaiting as a mark of respect to the farmers but I believe a friesian's beauty is in its flowing tresses and think he'd look mighty fine au naturel. It might be worth trying to tape his tail up, not for prettiness but just because such a thick tail caked in mud might irritate him a bit.
 
My lad has a lot of tail (though not quite on a friesian level!) and I plait it as normal down to the bottom of the dock and then incorporate the whole lot into the rest of the plait. when you get to the bottom put a band in, fold it up and stitch it in.

it takes me about 15 minutes, but trust me its soooo much easier than washing a great thick muddy tail!! copy and paste the link to see a pic of his tail all put up!

http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm342/hedgehunters/Hunting/ronstail.jpg
 
Tail looks v smart and Wow, what a view
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That's Bilsdale country for you!

The other advantage of stitching in is that a) it looks neater than tape b) it doesn't risk too much pressure on the dock c) you can do it the night before with no worries about rubbing etc.

with stitching it won't come out until you cut the threads so you don't worry about it falling out at all. It will even stay in if you have used detangler on the tail! (and lets face it, who doesn't!)

when I get home after hunting I wash him off etc as usual and then half a dozen snips with scissors and out falls a beautifully clean, untangled (albeit slightly wavy) tail.
 
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