Loving the Banged Tail

6/11/2014

I was putting on my boots the other morning and glanced up to check on Speedy. This is what I saw.

The early morning sun was streaming though the barn giving everything a lovely glow. With the sunlight cascading down Speedy's tail, it looked almost luminescent.

Even uncombed, his newly banged tail looks so pretty.

8 Comments

lytha

6/10/2014 11:40:58 pm

beautiful. but i just can't do it, i can't. i'm not even trimming bridle paths anymore (yikes). what's happened to me, i'm some sort of hippie.

hey, thanks for pointing out that video of speedy's lovely tail swing. it was exactly as i'd hoped to see, but of course he carries it so much prettier than my horse.

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6/11/2014 05:23:28 am

You are too funny, Lytha, and your mare is a lovely mover!

I don't do a lot of "manscaping," but I do like their heads to be clean: I trim the old man hairs that poke out of their ears, the goat beards, the wayward eye hairs and their muzzle whiskers. I also do a bridle path and keep their fetlock feathers under control in the summer; in the winter, I just let them grow out. And most recently, I've decided to bang their tails in an effort to get them to grow more thickly.

Believe it or not, I don't spend much time grooming, and they don't get a lot of soapy baths. But since I ride nearly every day, the grooming that I do leaves their coats extremely smooth and shiny. Both horses look almost show ready every day. :0)

Judy

6/11/2014 12:07:23 am

Lovely! I would expect nothing less from a "Rock Star"!

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6/11/2014 05:24:08 am

Thanks, Judy. :0) He is a pretty good-looking dude!

Amanda link

6/11/2014 12:23:28 am

I LOVE a banged tail too. It looks so tidy and flattering.

Bakersfield Dressage link

6/11/2014 05:24:53 am

I am appreciating how very tidy it looks. I didn't know that I would like it this much! :0)

Ronnie

6/11/2014 03:37:03 pm

Looks great!!!! A finished tail becomes addictive :)

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6/11/2014 11:13:15 pm

Any time you want to pop over and show me how to do the top of the tail, I'll be ready. I have the summer off so any day works for me. :0)

(I keep my horses off of Round Mountain Road just a few minutes away from Bill Robertson's place. We have lots of shade, too.)

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Writer & Rider

I am a lifetime rider.
I began endurance riding in 1996 where I ultimately completed five, one-day 100 mile races, the 200-mile Death Valley Encounter, and numerous other 50, 65, and 75 mile races. I began showing dressage in 2010.
Welcome to my dressage journey.

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About Speedy G

Speedy went from endurance horse to dressage horse. We're currently showing Third Level for the 2019 show season. Speedy is a 2004, 15'1 hand, purebred Arabian gelding. His Arabian Horse Registry name is G Ima Starr FA.

August 2018

About Izzy

Izzy was started as a four-year old and then spent the next 18 months in pasture growing up. I bought him as a six-year old, and together, we are schooling and showing at the lower levels. He is a 2008, 16'3 hand warmblood gelding. His Rheinland Pfalz-saar International (RPSI) name is Imperioso.

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CDS 3rd Level Horse Performance Award
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Score 5: 62.432% Atkins
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Third Level: 62.105%
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First Level - 72.600%
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Second Level - 61.970%
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