How Do You Prepare A Horse For A Halter Class In A Show?
Halter classes have been part of horse shows for a very long time. In a halter class, the goal is to show off how well your horse listens to you, his conformation and the attractiveness of all his other features. Judges inspect the horse’s movement through a series of patterns that you are asked to perform. The judge will call you to the middle or the arena and carefully look over the horse’s body. To get the highest score in this class, your horse must be articulately prepared. Wash and condition your horse’s mane and tail as close to perfect as possible. You want to make sure there is no grime or dirt in the tail or else it will tangle and not condition properly. After the tail has been washed thoroughly, then condition it so that it will be flowing as he trots around the arena during the class. The process that you use for conditioning your horse’s tail depends on how dry it is, but for many horses massaging a conditioner into the tail then rinsing it out, followed up by sparingly a
