Grooming

This Step-by-step pictorial shows how to groom your horse or pony. Find out what tools you’ll need, and how to groom for a clean, healthy, comfortable horse.

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How to clean your gelding's sheath. Sheath cleaning.

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

Here are tips from forum members on how you can help your horse shed that thick winter coat. Ideas to hasten the shedding process.

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.

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.

How to clean your gelding's or stallion's sheath. Learn how to clean a horse's sheath and find tips from readers for sheath cleaning.

Here are tips from forum members on how you can help your horse shed that thick winter coat. Ideas to hasten the shedding process.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Readers offer tips on how to look after your horse after your ride. Learn what to do when you have finished riding your horse or pony so it is as clean and comfortable as when you began. How to unsaddle, cool out and groom a horse after it has been ridden with these tips from About.com Horses readers.

Learn how to clip a bridle path in your horse or pony's mane with these tips from readrers Learn how long to clip a bridle path and find suggestions to clip with electric clippers or scissors. Submit your own tips for clipping a bridle path.

Parades and costume classes are a great excuse to have fun and decorate your horse. It's easy to decorate your horse with non-toxic color like waterpaint or drink crystals. This is also an activity that encourages non-riders to interact with the horse in a fun way. Be certain that anything you use on the hair coat will not harm your horse in...

When your horse returns from the pasture with a mane and tail full of burrs here is how to remove them. Learn how to remove burrs from horses manes and tails, without damaging the mane and tail hair.

Learn the right way, and an easy way to shorten and thin a horse's mane in preparation for banding or braiding.

Here are instructions for braiding your horse's mane for an English horse show. How to put in traditional braids for a show.

There are a few basic tools you'll need to groom you horse. Here's a list of the combs, brushes and other equipment to keep your horse' coat in good condition.

Learn how to make your own fly sprays to protect your horse or pony against biting and disease carrying insects.