There’s no must tote all the things however the kitchen sink to the present ring with you. Skilled grooming professional Liv Gude’s horse present grooming package filled with their favourite ringside necessities will match right into a small bucket:
- Hoof decide with brush.
- Hoof polish/oil for touch-ups.
- Elastic bands to restore a braid, if wanted.
- Zip ties for emergency tack restore.
- Dry washcloth for last-minute wipe-down.
- Damp washcloth to take away any slobber.
- Bottles of water for rider (and groom).
Some grooms additionally carry a cooler or sheet to toss over the tacked-up horse to maintain the mud off till it’s time to enter the ring.
For last-minute touch-ups earlier than coming into the ring, Quarter Horse coach Roger Daly depends merely on a clear, dry towel to wipe off any mud, and a comb to run by means of the mane.
“When you’re at a present by your self, a very powerful factor is to test the ft earlier than you go into the ring to make certain you haven’t picked up a stone or something throughout warm-up,” Gude notes. All of those necessities are essential to have in your horse present grooming package to maintain your horse wanting show-ready at a contest, and also you received’t must tote all the things together with you.
This text initially appeared within the June 2019 difficulty of Horse Illustrated journal. Click on right here to subscribe!