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barbara.gregory
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 20 Jun 2010 : 10:37:49 PM
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Sacriledge, what a crime, shame on you Delyth. Gorgeous mare apart from the tail!!!!!!!
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george
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Wales
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Posted - 21 Jun 2010 : 4:20:55 PM
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Littlearabians... In my case "paintbrush tail" just happens to be a phrase my mother used to say when talking about her arab mare, it was probably her made up name for them but it has sort of stuck with me for years I like it as I think it described Zara's tail perfectly!!!  |
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leiat8
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Posted - 21 Jun 2010 : 4:43:13 PM
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i can see every ones point of view but IMO like people, all horses are different and having a very long thick tail (fargo,sunny) or a wispy short tail(hex), is another special part of them as an individual. i think there all beautiful in there own special way |
     
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BeckyBoodle
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Australia
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Posted - 21 Jun 2010 : 5:31:01 PM
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Eba's tail grows to the ground without me doing anything to it. In the winter when it was wet it was trailing in the mud and forming a ball of mud on the end. Do what I might I couldn't get it to stay plaited, or tied up, or plaited and tied up so the scissors came out and I trimmed it about fetlock height. It was a real shame. She has quite a long mane too apart from the bit her rug rubbed out which now stands up like a mohecan (sp?). Again I don't do anything to it in the summer, but in the winter spray it with masses of mane and tail to stop the little balls of mud and fairy plaits (dreadlocks reallys) forming and twigs getting stuck in it. I love the little sun bleached bits at the end. I guess that in an ideal show world I should put a anti bleach rug on her to keep her black, but she is happier without so she bleaches brown in the summer and goes black again in the winter.
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Vera
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jun 2010 : 6:04:43 PM
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| Personally I don't like overlong tails but I have to admit that last winter, for the first time I bagged Dennis's tail, and I will most likely bag it this winter. Simply it is so much easier to keep clean - but we are talking greys here! My fields are clay and really get tails that horrible grimey colour, even after washing. |
    
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lisa rachel
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Wales
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Cate
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Scotland
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Posted - 24 Jun 2010 : 12:37:19 PM
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I must say my stallion, who only has one line to Hanan, Delyth, so could there be a link?, and is bay has an incredibly thick and heavy mane and tail. His tail drives me nuts when washing it and I have only once seen him carry it like a banner, usually carrying it to the side. Needless to say when I was washing it recently and he stood on it for the umpteenth (sp) time I cut it and cut too much off. So now am trying to thin it and make it look natural.
I hate to see tails trailing along the ground, what purpose does it serve. Neither of my mares tails ever seem to grow long and neither are thick. When I had Gwinivine who was by LM Luval out of Garmon a Russian mare her tail was always carried upright or over her back especially when she was in foal for the first time she was just so pleased with herself. She had very little tail and when I sold her the lady asked if it would ever grow thicker, unfortunately the answer was no, but it always looked fabulous in the air when she strutted her stuff. |
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Lanabanana
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Jun 2010 : 1:24:52 PM
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Cate, I think your boys mane and tail is inherited from his mum, Jiwan had an incredibly thick and dare I say coarse mane and tail, however she had an extreme tail carriage and would flip her tail over her back at the drop of a hat
I personally don't like overly long tails or manes for that matter, tails which are naturally down to the ground are fine, but dragging the ground must surely be cultivated by plaitng and or the use of tail bags. When my stallion was younger his tail touched the ground and to my horror he regularly pulled chunks out of it by stepping backwards onto it.
As someone else said they can make the hindquarters appear weak and a ridiculously long mane does nothing for the appearance of the shape of the neck JMHO of course. |
     
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Milotkha
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Posted - 24 Jun 2010 : 1:54:41 PM
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Can I ask this without being jumped on...
Now, I love long manes and tails.. dont get me wrong, but is CAS Saburs tail real? its amazing but I havent been close enough to know if its real or extensions.
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Cate
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Scotland
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Posted - 24 Jun 2010 : 3:36:15 PM
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| Lanabanana...Sorry don't know your name, but thank you for the info. Ahanu does when roused put his tail over his back. |
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When did Arab tails get to be so long??
, would never 'bag' trim or pull an Arab tail.