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mane going different directions
I puchased my mare about a year and a half ago and all her mane was neatly on one side of her neck. She was also very one-sided on the bit and in her body. After lots of dressage work and chiropractic work she is finally getting evenly supple both directions. I noticed her mane is now flipping on both sides of her neck. Some on the left and some on the right.
A friend at my barn said it's a sign the horse is getting more even-sided, which correlated with what I have been experiencing training the horse.
Has anyone heard of this before or had it happen? Will my mare have an unruly mane now?
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Permalink Reply by Queenrider on
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A "split" mane means the horse's shoulders are uneven. If you have a good eye you may be able to see the difference by standing in front of her and examining the top of the shoulders. If your work is correct , the split will work its way up the mane and disappear!
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Permalink Reply by Alli Farkas on
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My trainer also maintains that a one-sided mane indicates a one-sided horse. The reason is that the underdeveloped neck muscles allow the mane to fall on the weaker side. As the neck muscles get more evenly worked, the mane will split and fall evenly on both sides. My trainer always begs her riders not to "train" the mane to one side, because you can't tell how well the horse is developing if you can't see how the mane naturally wants to fall. I would trade "unruly" for "well-developed" any day!
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