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Bathing Your Horse - Step by Step

   
   
   

Check the weather before you start. No show is worth giving your horse a chill. If the weather is windy, cold (below about 50 degrees F) use a dry shampoo. If you have indoor facilities with warm water, that's great! But, be sure your horse doesn't catch a draft after you leave the wash rack.

What you will need:

Rubber Curry
Brush
Hoof Pick
Sweat Scraper
Bucket
Hose
Spray Nozzle
Warm Water

Sponge, Soft Rags
Shampoo
Conditioner
Show Sheen
Towels
Hoof Polish, Conditioner
Mineral Oil, Rubber Gloves
Blanket or Cooler if Cold

   

1. Curry your horse with a rubber curry to remove caked on dirt.

Begin at top of neck continuing down to chest.
Do withers, shoulder, forearm.
Then the back, side, barrel, croup and butt.
So the other side in the same order. NEVER CURRY THE LOWER LEGS.

2. Next, brush your horse in the same sequence.

Brush with the grain of the hair.
Do lower legs, too.

3. Pick out the hooves.

4. Untangle the mane and tail by brushing or combing from the ends, working your way to the base. Use your fingers to undo stubborn tangles.

5. Bathe your horse in an area with a tree, post or other object to tie him to. Be sure you aren't in an area that will turn to mud! Grass, gravel, a driveway or rubber mat is good.

   
   


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