Nora Bissonnette were you being sarcastic(I can't tell, but I'm assuming that you are/that's why I liked your comment)

Amber Poeppel why would this sarcastic? It is beautiful and you can do lovely braids when the mane is longer. I have a Lusitano (the horse she’s braiding looks like she could be an Iberian) and we generally don’t pull their manes. Braids, braids, braids lol. It would be a crime to pull/cut their beautiful manes.

Not sure why it would be sarcastic, I would never cut or pull my horse's mane either. It now goes past his shoulders! Long manes can be high maintenance but they're totally worth it.

Madison Burnett I don’t tend to put them in this tight unless for a class and then they are only in for an hour or so. If the horse needs to put head down I split the plait 😁

It looks as if she has the back bit clipped off. The horse is fine.

King Zeus_and_I yea

Lustino

Esf. Eventing they would stay in fine with water. I tend to plait the horse about 30mins before the rider is due to get on, it will stay in all day, but is rather tight and so i tend to take them out once class is done. You can do a looser plait to keep hair out of the way

Brush mane every few days. Should be able to go through it with hairbrush otherwise its not well kept

@@mountainlife8056 ok thanks

Day..riders she is a Lusitano

What is a “waxy ear clinker”?

Its only for a show and not to leave in all day. If you do want to leave the braid in all day you can braid it looser.

This woman has the back bit of the mane (where the saddle pad goes over) clipped off. This does not cause the horse any pain, and, besides, this would only be left in for a few hours. The horses honestly don’t care at all. Was this horse showing any discomfort? No. This horse’s braided mane is beautiful. Although you believe it’s that easy to let the mane be ‘free’, it gets in the way of everything. This is why we braid. :)

Alyssa Clayton yes which is why it’s only in for the class required and only put in just before rider gets on, you can do much looser plait for just keeping mane out of the way

You must be blind. The horse is fine.

Its good thing the mane is far away from the spine. #anatomy101

“tight bits and saddle”? What? Bits do not harm the horse whatsoever, depending on the rider. And the saddle doesn’t cause them any discomfort either. If we constantly had our horses’ manes in the way, it would be impossible to ride and it would get caught on everything. Go do some research before commenting. :)

@@leylaave Wouldn't say bits harm the horse but there are a lot of bits, of course that are severe on their tongue. The bars and the poll. And then there are thr tie downs, martingales and such, all kinds of tack to control a horses versus those who e I seen only use a hackamore only and get their animal to respond the same way a bit does but BETTERfor the animal. Bit users just need soft hands but I'm a believer for the havkamore. Courtesy of Rick Gore on KZfaq. You should check him out :D

Oh god. An anti-bit enthusiast.