August 3, 2009
Basics of Grooming Horse Tails
It might seem that the easiest way to care for your horse’s tail is simply to let it fly free. Unfortunately, “natural” horse tails — neither cut nor tied up in a knot — are rarely maintenance-free. At a minimum you can expect a horse’s tail to develop tangles; at worst, it can become so matted with dirt, mud, twigs and leaves that you end up having to cut much of it off anyway. The good news is that you needn’t groom the tail every day. In fact, when it comes to grooming the equine tail, less is more.
