When I first got my mare in September her mane was horrible so I decided to roach it, now its a three inch long mohawk that refuses to lay down. Its not quite long enough for me to braid it (four inches is my limit on being able to braid half decent), and I don't have a hood that she can keep on 24/7. Any other way of MAKING it stay down? I know most people are just going to say leave it but I need a little bit of hope. :lol:
Lacey's mane was a mohawk for the longest time (I roach it for the summer and let it grow in the winter) but in the last week or two it's finally starting to lay over. It's currently about 4 inches long and the thickest areas are over while the thinner areas are still up (basically, she looks like a fool, hahaha!).
Oh, I see! That stinks!
You could just roach it off again? But then you'll have to deal with this stage again in the future...
One thing I noticed with Lacey was that once I got her on a vitamin supplement (Vita Plus by Farnam), her mane started growing much faster. I'm not sure if they are directly related but I noticed hair (and hoof!!) growth within a week or so of getting her on it. Depending on how long you have until this show, it might be worth a try.
I know! I can't roach it because we have a show every month, in the summer almost every week, and her neck is a toothpick so it wouldn't look good or I would. Lol.
I don't do much with their hair in the winter but in the summer I treat like my own. Lol. Lots of coconut oil and baby oil solution, and the green grass helps too. I'll see if my feed store has that, or something like it. Thanks.
It's too thick if it's still standing straight up, my mare's is to. Either pull or shave the underside. Most people will pull, that's what we're doing, but we recently sold a mare to a girl who chooses to shave a strip off the underside and the entire mane fell completely over no problem. She's been doing it for years and claims you never notice when they're braided up. Here's my mohawk girl:
Its not actually that thick, its half up half down. Don't know how to describe it. Lol. Its not laying flat, its about two inches off her neck. Her mohawk is longer then your mare's so I guess its probably about 4inches. :p
I had to roach a show horse's mane, he came to me for training with a huge section rubbed off. I ended up acquiring the horse, and during this time he has the mohawk like Macabre's horse. I didn't pull it as was an Arab & I wanted it eventually to be long & flowing. So I banded it & used a curling iron, then put him in a slinky. At the show, he looked so Quarterhorse-ish(lol). Within a year, he had a decent mane, within 2, it was flowing.
It's too thick if it's still standing straight up, my mare's is to. Either pull or shave the underside. Most people will pull, that's what we're doing, but we recently sold a mare to a girl who chooses to shave a strip off the underside and the entire mane fell completely over no problem. She's been doing it for years and claims you never notice when they're braided up.
It's too thick if it's still standing straight up, my mare's is to. Either pull or shave the underside. Most people will pull, that's what we're doing, but we recently sold a mare to a girl who chooses to shave a strip off the underside and the entire mane fell completely over no problem. She's been doing it for years and claims you never notice when they're braided up.
That's interesting because my stallion's mane is so thin that you would never be able to cut off the underside, because there just isnt enough. And his is still standing straight up, like 4 inches long! I will have to get a picture.
I had to roach a show horse's mane, he came to me for training with a huge section rubbed off. I ended up acquiring the horse, and during this time he has the mohawk like Macabre's horse. I didn't pull it as was an Arab & I wanted it eventually to be long & flowing. So I banded it & used a curling iron, then put him in a slinky. At the show, he looked so Quarterhorse-ish(lol). Within a year, he had a decent mane, within 2, it was flowing.
Have you considered banding it like western halter/pleasure horses are often done? Their manes are normally no longer than 2-3 inches and the bands keep them laying down and looking neat.
Though to be perfectly honest, I have no idea if that would work because I've never banded a horse....or roached one. :lol:
Have you considered banding it like western halter/pleasure horses are often done? Their manes are normally no longer than 2-3 inches and the bands keep them laying down and looking neat.
Though to be perfectly honest, I have no idea if that would work because I've never banded a horse....or roached one. :lol:
This is going to sound really girly so bear with me. Do you have a flat iron for human hair? Get that puppy, and iron the hair over to the right side. Then get some hairspray and mist it, then take our hand and smooth it over. It worked on Rebel for me.
This is going to sound really girly so bear with me.
Do you have a flat iron for human hair?
Get that puppy, and iron the hair over to the right side. Then get some hairspray and mist it, then take our hand and smooth it over. It worked on Rebel for me.
yikes, all I can say is, I'm glad I have a walker and natural manes are the norm.
I straighten my own hair [I have a fro if I don't, x.x] and I can't imagine the tediousness if my horse's hair required as much attention as mine.. lol
She has the Morgan mane/tail/forelock but when I bought her the previous owner tried trimming it to be like hunters/WP hair but completely failed at it so I roached it. Now its growing out rather fast but still too slow. Lol.
Not helpful to OP but this post has convinced me to roach Comics mane this spring. I've been thinking about it because it's awful and thin and half stands up anyway. The mohawk look would be an improvement! Good luck with getting your mane to lay down.
When I brought my new horse home about half his mane was gone and he had really ugly dandruff. The hair that was left was thin an fine and his skin dry and unhealthy. I roached the mane and poured vegetable oil on it and rubbed it in about two or three weeks ago. It's about 2 1/2 inches tall now and thick and luxurious. Gilly was half Fjord and his mane stuck straight up. I just kept it roached. I like the clean look although I will allow Trampus's mane to grow out. Jimmy Williams at Flintridge Riding Club in California got tired of messing with manes and roached all of his show jumping horses. He was famous and could get away with it.
I'd keep her's roached if she didn't have such an ugly thin neck. Even with muscle its still pretty thin. :p I'm doing a baby oiling solution that has been helping since I got her, but still haven't gone to the tack shop to get some MTG.
Sorry either you cut it again or let it grow. I like to leave my mare's mane long and natural. It may take more time to groom but no worries about it going through that awkward growing stage where you don't know what to do with it.
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