Fake tail-keeping it hidden and secure

[huntseat3]

[QUOTE=propspony;7602238]
Unless you’re going against the clock, or having to score goals, or trying to avoid “faults” it’s a beauty pageant. ALL of it.

What’s a reining score? It’s how well (prettily) a horse does a specific movement in a pattern.

What’s a cutting score? It’s how well (again how prettily) a horse works a cow.

Ranch pleasure… same… call it what you want, anything where another person gives you a placing, is pretty much technically a “beauty pageant”[/QUOTE]

But a good horse is needed first; the “makeup” comes later.

[qhwpmare]

It can also help hide a less than perfect hock

[sandsarita]

First, figure out where on the tailbone the tail needs to hang to be at the proper height. Then either with a helper or 2 big hair clips with multiple teeth, I pull as much of the hair off the bone as possible, and clip it up to the upper part of the bone, getting it out of my way. The trick to hiding it is to have as much hair available to cover it later on as possible, and to get it to lie as flat and tight to the tailbone as possible.

I then just off to one side start braiding a small section of hair - make like 2-3 crosses. Then I braid it into one loop - threading one strand through and crossing it back into the braid, repeat with a second strand then continue braiding tight and close to the fake tail until you reach the fake tail. I then bring a small section of hair and pick it up and incooperate it into the tail, braid it down alittle further and tie it off with 2-3 rubber bands. Repeat on the other side. I then use electrical tape around the knobby part of the fake tail, about 3-4 wraps around, to hold it all together even more closely. Take the hair out of the clips and it should all lie nice and flat.

Show sheen on the hocks and making sure your fake tail and the real tail (I wash both daily) are super clean will help keep them from catching on the hind legs while moving. Also making sure the chestnuts are smooth.

[Chall]

Id put a fake tail on a horse I owned any time the tail is too short to swat flies.

[Bluey]

[QUOTE=Chall;7602732]
Id put a fake tail on a horse I owned any time the tail is too short to swat flies.[/QUOTE]

Tail bags work while the tail is growing out, plus protects what is there from further breakage.
You can even have some extra long fringes on the end of the tail bag.

[drawstraws]

If you just don’t have enough real hair to cover the top of the fake, you may need to switch to a different type of a top. Flat leather instead of a knob may be easier to hide.

[shelly]

I know nothing about attaching horse tails but I saw this on youtube and there are plenty more available to view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzHcLLyLno