Take time to make your horse's tail shine with the help of top grooming tools. Do you want to know how to do it right? Horseland.com.au shares tips on how to prepare your horse's mane and tail before a competition.

1. How to Prepare Your Horse’s Tail

2. Tip: What do you wash Giorgio's tail with for optimum shine?

3. For the mane and tail, I like to use Equinade Show Silk Shampoo. I do not like to use conditioner in the mane and tail as it can make it quite heavy and hard to handle.
If there are any lumps or bumps through your tail, spraying and then bandaging will flatten them out. So the plait will look totally

4. different after you've wrapped and bandaged it to what it was when you first originally finished the plait. It also helps set the tail so that throughout the day you don't get many fly always and the plait stays strong and intact.

5. If your horse has a clipped tail, the night before competition, you can tidy it up with some Wahl Pro Pet clippers. The morning of competition, use a razor to remove any stubble or any hair that you may have missed.

6. First thing’s first. It is very important that on the day of the competition to get your false tail in first thing as it's not something you want to rush coming close into your event. Putting it in early allows the tail to settle and also when you trim the tail, never ever trim your false tail. Always trim your horse's

7. natural tail as that will grow back, your false tail won't.

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