Which side does your horses mane fall on?

[PonyFeet10]

And what breed are they?

I have a full bred Welsh Sec D, his is on the off side..
A TB which also falls on the off side..
And a Welsh x Fell which falls on both!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I train my to the offside regardless

 

[JillA]

The right (off) side because that is the correct side and that is how it is trained.

 

[PonyFeet10]

I trained the top half of my Welsh D's mane over to the off side with the rest of it, my TB was natural and I gave up on the Welsh x Fell trying to keep it over lol!

 

[Shantara]

Standardbred and right

 

[Starry_eyes]

Tb, offside. I know this is 'incorrect' but he's got a lovely long thick mane which lies perfectly so I'm not bothered

 

[whisp&willow]

All fall on the wrong side!! (left) They are a tb x con, Arab x con/welsh and a product of the arab x X sports horse.

 

[ShadowFlame]

Near side. Cob. It's that thick, I don't dare to try and re-train it.

 

[benson21]

Section B, and his naturally falls on the nearside, so I am constantly trying to come up with a way to train it over!

 

[amandap]

All my lots manes fall on the near side except one and his falls equally both sides. I wonder if the near side is the most common way manes fall? Call me odd but to me the way that they fall naturally is the correct way. Of course in the show ring there are different rules horses have to adhere to.
Wonder where it came from?

 

[Spring Feather]

With my youngsters (Hanoverians, Oldenburgs, TBs, AQHAs) I always train their manes to the offside. I start from when they are very young and as most of mine end up in competition homes, it just makes it easier for the owners if they already get a youngster with the mane on the correct side. You wouldn't believe the amount of buyers who comment positively on this too so it's worth that little bit of effort I feel.

 

[Wildforestpony18]

New Forest Pony - Both sides, tried taming it with no success!

 

[Dancingaye]

My TB's lower half goes to the Right, the upper half to the Left. After 12 years I've just about given up! I still attempt to get it all to the right but it's usually not very successful

 

[Shysmum]

Shy's is a double cob mane, so can go any which way really, but I tend to keep it all on the off side - much easier.

 

[Tiarella]

New forest - wrong side done care

 

[HelenPassfield]

All except one on the right/off side, with a bit of help to keep the stray bits over - anglo arab, TB, British WB, TBxshire, 2 random ponies. One small and unruley pony has masses of unruley mane everywhere.

 

[StormyMoments]

near side... Andalusian and ISH i dont really mind what side it falls on tbh i dont show them or plait them up for shows so doesnt bother me sometimes the ISH's mane falls both sides as its quite thick

 

[SuperH]

One of each, both section D.

The one with it falling on the 'wrong' side has by far the nicer mane. No point trying to alter it now, so just give it a little pull to smarten it up. I'm not worried about it.

 

[Auslander]

Half and half.

I actually prefer plaiting manes that fall to the left, as you get more lift as you bring them over to plait up on the correct side. I do dressage plaits, rather than hunter though - f it was the latter, I would probably be less impressed with a left falling mane

 

[Spiritedly]

Cob x offside, New Forest nearside and not a hope of ever training it over.

 

[Gloi]

Some to the left, some to the right and the rest to the middle

 

[FionaM12]

Top bit to the left, middle bit to the right, bottom bit to the left again.

 

[mandwhy]

To the offside but it does like to do this so not sure if it wants to be a double mane or not!

 

[HaffiesRock]

To the offside but it does like to do this so not sure if it wants to be a double mane or not!

Who cares, GORGEOUS!

 

[Grinchmass]

Mane, what's that?!

Roll on summer

 

[Littlelegs]

Connie x tb, off side, always has done. Mini x on the nearside.
I wonder what the original reason for off side being correct is? I wonder if its something to do with stopping it getting tangled with cavalry swords, scabbards etc?

 

[mandwhy]

That might be it Littlelegs, I suppose you'd use want to use your best hand when wielding a sword!

I guess it is best to have all the horses with manes on one side when they go round the ring, then you can compare their necks and overall shape without the mane in the way.

Thanks Haffiesrock I think it is rather fabulous whatever it does

 

[HaffiesRock]

I have a haflinger and he has a very thick mane that falls mostly to the left but the tops section falls on both sides

 

[Littlelegs]

Not so much using the sword, but the fact anyone right handed would have the sword hanging down on the nearside, & you wouldn't want to be trying to untangle it from a load of mane mid battle.

 

[Emilieu]

Very neatly and tidily... on the wrong side. He's a tb