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Find tips, tricks and how to's to help you groom your horse. Learn about braiding, hoof cleaning and keeping your horse healthy and clean. Learn why you should groom and how to overcome grooming problems.
Sheath Cleaning - Cleaning Your Gelding's Sheath
How to clean your gelding's sheath. Sheath cleaning.
Horse Grooming Tips - Share Your Horse Grooming Tips and Tricks
About Horses and Ponies readers share their horse grooming tips for dealing with tangled manes, giving baths, removing stains, grooming tools and other grooming issues. Learn how to put the finishing touches on your horse with these grooming tips.Your Horse Grooming Tips and Tricks
Readers' Horse Hair Shedding Out Tips - Help Your Horse Shed Out
Here are tips from forum members on how you can help your horse shed that thick winter coat. Ideas to hasten the shedding process.
Training Manes to Lie Flat - Readers' Tips to Train Manes to Lie Flat…
Does your horse's mane flop on both sides? Here's readers' tips for training manes to lie neatly on the correct side. Learn how to groom your horse's or pony's mane so it lays flat.
How to Neatly Bang Your Horse's Tail
Here are instructions for banging a horse's tail. Banged tails look neat and groomed in the show ring. Here is how to trim your horse's tail so it is neatly banged and hangs straight while it is moving. Banging isn't for every horse. Find out what horses shouldn't have their tails banged. Follow these easy instructions for a banged tail.
Cleaning Your Gelding's Sheath
How to clean your gelding's sheath. Sheath cleaning.
Help Your Horse Shed Out
Here are tips from forum members on how you can help your horse shed that thick winter coat. Ideas to hasten the shedding process.
How to Clip a Bridle Path
A bridle path makes taking your horse's bridle on and off easier with less tangles. Learn how to clip a bridle path in your horse or pony's mane with this how-to article. Learn how long to clip a bridle path and find suggestions to clip with electric clippers or scissors.
Shoeing Poll
Depending on the snow cover you receive and your riding schedule during the winter months you may change the way your horse is shod. Take this poll and tell us how your hoof care changes during the colder weather.
How to Groom Your Horse
Step-by-step instructions explain how to groom your horse or pony. Find out what tools you’ll need, and how to groom for a clean, healthy, comfortable horse.
Grooming Tips
About Horses and Ponies forum members share their tips for detangling manes, bathing, removing stains, grooming tools and other grooming issues. Learn how to put the finishing touches on your horse with these grooming tips.
Make Your Horse's Mane Lie on the Correct Side
Does your horse's mane flop on both sides? Here's how to train manes to lie neatly on the correct side. Learn how to groom your horse's or pony's mane so it lays flat.

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