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Mane & tail SOS

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JESS ERRINGTON is very experienced when it comes to turning out manes and tails: she has been head girl and travelling groom to 2014 world eventing team silver medallist Harry Meade for 13 years.

WHETHER YOU’RE HEADING to your first show of the season or simply giving your horse a spring tidy up, clean and neat manes and tails make all the difference to a horse’s appearance.

Keeping on top of wet and muddy tails and greasy, rubbed-out manes is a challenge in the winter, so how can we get them back to their best heading into the spring?

“If they are really wet and muddy and I’m short on time, I tend to wash manes as it’s easier to remove the wet mud than try and brush it

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