A Long Mane

This is Brandy and Charlie.  They are our friends and are both just so cute!  Charlie is like the Farrah Fawcett of Paint horses with this mane - usually because most show horses have clipped manes.  They are clipped to about 3 inches long and banded like this - but the hair is short.  Sometimes it's braided - they do that for English only horses - meaning they only show in the hunt seat classes.  Charlie gets a french braid when he goes English!

Stanley doesn't have to deal with any of this - his mane is what is called "roached" meaning it's all shaved off.