Tree sap

Before I put my horses out in my field I cut the branches up on the trees so that they could go under them and out of the way. I have one pine tree in the field, when I cut the branches of course sap flowed. Now my mare delights in using this nasty sap covered tree as a scratching post.

Neither of them eat bark so I left the trunks without any wire on them. I will probably cover the trunk of this one soon, to avoid this problem.

In the mean time how do I get the sap of her neck and out of her mane. It is cold now so bathing is limited. I have tried getting a bucket of warm water and trying to spot wash her with her regular horsey shampoo with poor results. Any ideas?

Goo gone

Mayonnaise....seriously. If you've ever gotten sap on your hands from a pine tree and then rubbed mayonnaise into the sap, you'd see that it literally dissolves the sap.

Strange, but true.

I second mls. Goo gone. =]

A bot fly knife, will scrape the tar off.It may thin the hair a little bit but its worth it.

Turps or nail polish remover--- we have the same problem at our place and my sister's grey is chronic for it so she uses that only like the day before a comp- we don't actually bath him in turps ;) just wipe it over the sap.... hahaha could you imagine a horse smelling like he's just come from a manicure LOL sorry visual image there

Hand sanitizer. Works like a charm. :)

Alchohol

Peanut butter works awesome for tree sap.plus, its not a chemical which is always a plus

I've always used nail polish remover.