Banded Mane or Long and Flowing?

Q. Hi, I own a 5-year-old western pleasure mare. I show every other weekend and I’m at local shows right now and I’m only 11, so I’m with my age group. And, so far I have won 1st place in all of my western pleasure classes, but I’m wondering about the styles of the mane. Is it short and banded, or long and flowing?

Thanks,

Geri 🙂

A. Congratulations Geri!  You are doing awesome and you must have a really nice horse!  I like to show my horses with a banded mane, usually short.  I have seen some people leave their horses’ manes long, and usually they band it.  The mane looked really good, but in my opinion I would do that on a horse that is really pretty in the head and neck and quiet with his topline, as the long mane looks busy if there’s a lot of movement.  I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you,

Dana Hokana