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Post by cameg on Feb 10, 2009 22:45:05 GMT
Would love some views on bridle paths (of the mane variety!!) My boys have full manes just now and I am loathed to cut in a bridle path, but I have noticed it is more "professional" to have a large bridle path cut into the mane. I remember a few years ago the AHS did not allow this practice and now assume that rule is not longer? When cutting one in from scratch is it better the mane cut with scissors first then clipped ? Or perhaps there is a way to do it?  Help very much appriciated, jury still out though whether I desimate my boys beautiful manes  Susan |
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Post by bangle on Feb 11, 2009 11:32:54 GMT
Only my opinion but if they were supposed to have huge amounts of hair removed from their manes they would be born that way......I can see the point of removing a small bit for a ridden bridle to sit better on a horse with a lot of mane, but that is all that I would do. Will get off my soap box now  |
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Post by lucytoo on Feb 11, 2009 11:59:01 GMT
Its a very personal thing, but i am not a fan and my lads mane wont be clipped  Yes all the pro's do seem to do it, but if you like your horses flowing locks, keep em ;D L.x |
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Post by alisonm on Feb 11, 2009 13:00:57 GMT
I agree it is a personal thing. Some horses suit it and some don't.
I've thought about it but just can't do it, so my boy's mane will not be clipped. ;D
The downside of cutting a large bridle path is, if you don't like it, takes a long time to grow back.
Just my opinion.
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Post by dante on Feb 11, 2009 13:34:17 GMT
Definately a personal thing I have cut my lad's bridle path and shall continue to do so (it is just at the flopping over stage now & Mum is desperate for me to grow it ). I do it because i like how it looks, and it suits him, IMO. I think it depends also on your type of horse - some, like my Mums Arab, wouldnt suit it at all. Also as Alison says, if you dont like it, it takes ages to grow back! If you're not sure, why not try putting in a small Arab plait that has the same effect, to see what it looks like? |
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Post by 3nags on Feb 11, 2009 23:45:20 GMT
My girl has a real bombshell of a mane.We gave her a tiny wee bridle path last year which I thought really showed off her jaw line. Agree with everyone else that it is entirlely personal choice but admit I don't go for the half the mane missing look.
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Post by fred2 on Feb 12, 2009 5:39:34 GMT
i dont have a pure bred but i must say i prefer the full mane and not keen on the look of the clipped out bridle path eta - totally off topic but i loaned a horse that i evented for a while and cut a bridle path for her as she had a very thick mane, she started head shaking just after doing this and carried on till it grew back, once it was a decent length she stopped head shaking |
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Post by fee on Feb 12, 2009 10:50:32 GMT
Eek! Susan please don't cut off your boys manes!  |
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Post by fee on Mar 8, 2009 9:31:41 GMT
What did you decide Susan? Did you do a bridle path? Sorry, just being nosy ;D
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Post by cameg on Mar 8, 2009 18:35:59 GMT
Hi Fee, Well I decided that no way was I touching Tammuz mane ( or was that Tammuz deciding no way? ?!!!!) LOL But Khalif has a very long mane and forelock and with some experimenting I decdide to take a small path off. I must say it suits him, and stops him looking like he has a constant bad hair day  |
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Post by vanbro on Mar 12, 2009 19:53:40 GMT
OH DEAR! Did someone want an opinion....well I feel that if horses were ment to have half a mane (like dogs with docked tails etc..) they would be born that way.!
Now as for 'the professionals' they just copied the Americans....look where that's got us in the passed....
a really decent judge , I'm sure , can tell what kind of neck and throat a horse has without defiling it's natural appearance.
Hope nobody mentions 'stance' or I could be here forever...
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