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Summary: Watch as a seasoned horseback rider explains the supplies you need for grooming a horse in this free online video on horse care.
Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, and she currently works as...read more
All horses need care, and horse grooming is an integral part of caring for horses. Horses need to have their coats brushed, manes and forelocks combed, and coat conditioner applied to their coats, manes, and tails. Additionally horses need their hooves cleaned and conditioned to keep the hooves from cracking. If you are new to owning and caring for horses are interested in learning some new techniques for grooming horses, you can learn horse grooming techniques from our expert for free.
In this free how-to video series, learn how to groom a horse from horse expert Kelli LaBar. Kelli will tell you what supplies you need for horse grooming. She will demonstrate how to remove the horse blanket from a horse, how to tie a horse to a cross tie, how to curry a horse, how to use a stiff brush to brush a horse, how to use a finishing brush on a horse, how to comb a horse's mane and forelock, how to comb a horse's tail, how to apply coat conditioners to a horse's coat, how to clean a horse's hooves, how to apply conditioner to a horse's hooves, and how to spray a horse with fly spray.
"I'm Kelli and this is Colby and on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to show you my opinions and techniques on how to groom your horse. Some of the supplies that you will need to groom our horse are a curry comb, a stiff brush, a finishing brush. It has a little bit softer bristll3e than a stiff brush and a mane and tail comb. You will want to use some hoof conditioner, some fly spray. I am going to be using some coat conditioner. We are also going to be using hoof pick which looks like this. So these are some of the supplies that you will need to properly groom your horse. "
eHow Article: Horse Grooming Supplies