Five Essential Pre-Show Grooming Tips and Tricks

October 12th, 2011 | Posted by admin in Uncategorized

Preparing for a show takes hours of at home preparation. Your horse needs groomed thoroughly. There are many tasks in the grooming process but here are a few essential ones to being with. Clipping your horse. The horses bridle path and muzzle needs to be trimmed down. A trick to figuring out how long the bridle path should be is to take the horse’s ear and lay it backwards on it’s neck. The length of the ear should be how long the bridle path should be. The muzzle also needs to be trimmed of all the stray whiskers. The fetlocks should be trimmed off also. Most people will trim the hair off around the top of the hoof also. After all trimming is done then it is bath time. Before bathing your horse you should brush the horses coat from top to bottom getting rid of all the excess dirt and dust. Start from the withers and work your way down and back. Once you have brushed your horse completely then you can bathe him or her. When bathing, be sure to get all the hidden spots and under the belly. If you think people can’t see those spots, think again! Now that your horse is all trimmed up, brushed and bathed, you can do any primping to the horse that you like to do. Some people braid manes and tails, some paint hooves. The primping depends on your needs for your show.

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