Growing out a seriously short mane

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Okay, so.. I messed up! My horse's mane was getting really long, he was coming in from the field every day with it basically solid with mud (he loves to roll a LOT) and I got sick of having to put him through half an hour's go at it twice a day with a wet brush. Not to mention, it was destroying my combs. So, today I purchased a Solcomb - I would have pulled, but he's way too sensitive - and had a go at shortening it. Stupidly, even though I have never shortened a mane in my life, I didn't ask for any help and now my poor lad's got about 2 inches of mane left at the most!

It looks straight and relatively even thickness all the way through, so people think I did it intentionally, but now I can't get it into plaits for the Christmas Eve hunt and I am kicking myself for it. I planned to get it down to 4 inches, but obviously went too far. He looks a bit silly now with his forelock three times longer than his mane, and I was just wondering if anybody had any tips on how to grow it out to roundabout 4 inches as quickly as possible?

His mane is rather on the thick side, so it's sticking up a bit like a Mohawk hair-do... I feel a proper idiot, just hoping others have made the same mistake!
 
Hog it! Sorry easy option but obv depends on horses conformation if can carry it off. Other option practice plaiting, it may still plait OK although you may need lots of hairspray for loose bits.
 
Two inches is plenty to plait if you make them very small, wet the mane well and plait very tightly with loads of thread, it probably won't go into bands, otherwise go out unplaited, you will probably not be the only one but do NOT hog him it will take far longer to grow out and may never be the same, unless he is a cob but I think from memory he is a connie or connie cross in which case he needs a mane.
 
be positive said:
Two inches is plenty to plait if you make them very small, wet the mane well and plait very tightly with loads of thread, it probably won't go into bands, otherwise go out unplaited, you will probably not be the only one but do NOT hog him it will take far longer to grow out and may never be the same, unless he is a cob but I think from memory he is a connie or connie cross in which case he needs a mane.
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Haha you know me and my problems too well... yup purebred connie, so I really don't want to hog him as it would look awful and I love having a mane to play about with. Thanks for the advice, hopefully we'll be okay!
 
I feel for you, my riding school horse ,Alice, has the same problem kind of, she has about 2.5 inches of mane but it just sticks up and its really annoying because the front practeicly covers her face. The Riding school turn her out with a neck rug usually when the field mud is soggy. By the way she is a cob
 
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