Sticky up and fluffy mane, any ideas how to make it normal?!

[Debz87]

Hi all, I bought a 3yo quarter horse gelding a few months ago who was very underweight and very small for his age (stood at 13.2).

He had a variety of things wrong including rain scald which is now sorted and a bog brush tail but his mane seems unusually 'foal like' its thick but seems to stick up near the top of his neck and is a different texture to the lower half of the mane which is rather nice, his forlock is almost non existant!

He wasn't fed properly as a youngster and only had sparse grass and the odd bit of haylage which he had to fight for against older horses.

I'm pleased to say that he now stands at 14hh and is in really good condition but his mane hasn't improved, I'm sure I could get it to lay flat but I would like to know if the texture is likely to change and if there is anything I can use or feed that will make a difference?

 

[Tai.Ni.Po.Ni]

wash it and lay a towel over his neck and leave it to dry good luck with him, sounds like a rewarding project

 

[mulberrymill]

plaster it in good old fashioned brylcreem, helped my welsh c who had a mane like back combed cotton wool

 

[Fransurrey]

My friend used to have an arab cross like this. I'm afraid she never got it to grow (the forelock was a frizzy tufty thing) and it was just his trademark! You could try hair products, as suggested above (or baby oil), but I don't think you'll ever cure it as such.

 

[Debz87]

Thanks everyone, I have used a few horsey hair products on it but didn't know if there was a way to make the hair actually change texture via diet etc.

I quite like his tuffy forelock but as we will be showing with the mane natural I can't really hide the fact its a bit odd looking!