Top show-jumpers manes - how do they get them so neat?

To get the 'perfect' finish you need to pull the main first, then scissor it off to create the 'clean' cut line.

It looks awful if the main is too thick, but a well thinned mane that has been 'finished' with scissors looks great
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I have no choice but to cut Star's mane. She gets mad enough about having mud brushed out of it
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Pulling it is out of the question!! I think with a bit of practice you can get it looking ok with scissors. Thankfully Be lets me do hers.

I do agree that it's pretty obvious that most of the SJers these days are resorting to scissors.
 
I really hate straight clean cut manes. I know it's supposed to be smarter, but a more natural pulled mane is much more pleasing to (my) eye.
 
apparently some of them run the edge of the clippers along the bottom of the manes, i always enjoy pulling the manes and then standing back and seeing the result, maybe im just strange!
 
Someone once told me the SJ cut the manes, personally I think it looks awful and wouldn't take a pair of scissors anywhere any of my horses, however I have a lovely comb with a blade in it which cuts instead of pulling - I will of pushed use this but I much prefer to pull, with practice it gives a really lovely result much better that a SJ with a cut mane IMO.
A lot of people won't pull now as it's 'barbaric'(as said by someone to me today actually), I wonder do any of these people pluck their eyebrows or get anywhere waxed ? It's just the same and done right and after exercise should cause no more discomfort to the horse than that. My horse hated it when she first came to me but with practice and time she will fall alseep while her mane is pulled!
I'll get off my soapbox now! Can you tell I hate cut manes!
 
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I have no choice but to cut Star's mane. She gets mad enough about having mud brushed out of it
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Pulling it is out of the question!! I think with a bit of practice you can get it looking ok with scissors. Thankfully Be lets me do hers.

I do agree that it's pretty obvious that most of the SJers these days are resorting to scissors.

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i think my filly must be related to Star
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she hates me combing her mane. so i've never attempted pulling it
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i'll be using scissors and a solocomb or a tube of sedalin when i tackle her mane next week
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I swear by my shedding blade and if you can use it properly it can make a tail look pulled - just got to practice.

Alot of SJ'ers use straightening irons aswell!
 
My horses manes are pulled and then cut straight so their not all thick. They all lie flat on the right side through many days of plaiting or bunching over and straightners are not used. For local everyday shows they are not plaited but for county shows, big shows or main ring classes are always plaited. I think u'll find that whether they look like it or not almost all of the top showjumpers manes are cut one way or another.
 
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