Comments on: Grooming for Halter and Showmanship

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:07:09 +0000

Great tips.

By: Malissa

Malissa — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:15:53 +0000

Dawn is not a good choice for bathing horses, it strips all the natural oils out of the coat and can make it dull and brittle. Whitening shampoo is a much better idea. My favorite is shimmer lights, you can find it at th beauty supply store. Be that you don’t leave it for more than 15 minutes or you will end up with purple markings instead of white. Also, using a coat spray like show sheen or laser sheen on the white markings after they are clean will help prevent more stains by repelling any new dirt. And for brightening white markings before you show, corn starch. It’s cheaper and easier on everyones lungs than chalk or baby powder. Just put it in a tbe sock, tie off the top and you’re ready to go. You can pat or rub with it and work the corn starch into the coat. Don’t forget to brush out the excess. Shaving white leg markings helps make them appear whiter also. Of course as the owner and trainer of several fairly wildly marked APHA horses, It’s sometimes hard to know where to stop shaving. I recommend the Western Horseman booklet on grooming by John and Cindy Weaver. They show Quarter and Paint horses and have some exceptional tips.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:48:43 +0000

Well my daughter’s first show is next month. We’ll be sure to try some of these tips…They are great!

By: Brittney

Brittney — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:06:33 +0000

For paints I recommend SuperPoo Shampoo. Smells like granny apples.
Anyway I have a bay tobiano paint. More often then not he looks like a solid as everyone else. Anyway, I’ve tried all the dishwasher, clothing, and horse products to keep him clean. Sometimes I get him clean, but he smells horrid, or he smells great, but is stained yellow, blue, red, or some other color instead of white.
Until I found Superpoo Shampoo. His coat is ALWAYS super soft – plush soft. It feels a lot like rabbit fur. And it smells great.
He stays this way until natural oils or dirt build up. It’s safe to use daily as it promotes good hair growth and does not cause damage.
Nothing takes the place of normal daily grooming. I may not have the perfect confirmation horse, but he is one of the better looking ones.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:26:29 +0000

What a great article………Thanks

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:08:56 +0000

Tide with bleach works great for our paints!!! They too love to roll in the dirt and look more solid than not. Tide is great…it doesn’t stain them blue, hurt their skin or anything! Good Luck!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:35 +0000

Victoria of Jacksonville:
My cousin has a paint stud and he, like so many paints, knows EXACTLY where to roll in the pasture. I mistook him for her dark bay once. No lie. She always used Dawn Dish Detergent (diluted of course) and you would never have known that he rolled! Curry first, soak him, Dawn, rinse rinse rinse, squeegee…good as new! 🙂

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:49:00 +0000

Good article, but there’s one thing that I wish they had mentioned, and that is white markings. I have a paint and we have to scrub at least every other week to make it manageable for when we do outings and shows. Blueing shampoo is great and a little bit of whitening spray (from the tack store) can make those seemingly permanent stains disappear!

By: Tanner

Tanner — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000

great article!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:01:02 +0000

Helpful information, and I can’t wait for the spring to get started up again.