Ridecamp: [RC] Mane care

One of my boys has a gorgeous mane.  Full but not too thick, fairly fine 
haired, a nice shiny black, and well past the point of his shoulder.  And 
this is without having to do any work on it.  I wish his tail would grow 
like this, it goes just near fetlock when he's standing relaxed, hock level 
when he's moving.  The problem is that his mane hair seems to grow in 
ringlets, and after a mere day or so, gets into a huge snarly mess.  Even 
worse, if he manages to get plant matter tangled in it, it can take 45+ 
minutes to just brush out his mane.  And I'm to picky to work him with the 
rats nest in place.

I've tried long braids before, and must not be doing them well, because I 
always have a lot of hair loss (hair being pulled out from the root) when I 
undo the braids.  And sometimes, the braids themselves end up tangled and 
rolled into ringlets.

Suggestions, anyone?  Any miracle product to help his mane?

I still might show him in-hand some more this year (I french braid his mane 
for that) and might ride him in a few pleasure classes (like the full mane 
for that).  When/if he starts endurance, I'll do long braids to keep the 
trail from following us back to camp.

I'd like to keep this mane, but the ringlet snarls are killing me!

-Tamara


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Tamara Woodcock
Scurry, Texas
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"I live in my own little world, but it's okay, they all know me here."


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