How to Use a Finishing Brush on a Horse

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Kelli and this is Covey on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you my options and techniques on how to groom your horse. So now that we have used our stiff brush to get rid of any dirt or sweat that we may have loosen, we are going to take our finishing brush which is a softer bristle brush. We just going to sweep over her in light stroking motions the bristles on this brush just to ensure that it would get off any surface dust. It brings out a nice shine in your horse's coat. So it just remove anything left over that your stiff brush would have left around the surface. It would give your horse's a really nice shine. I would walk around the other side enough distance away from her hind. Give you a little pat and let her know that I'm going to the other side. Long strokes gives your coat a nice shine. Get rid of any surface dirt left over walk back around enough distance away from her feet. This is really a great brush to use also on there face so we would just give her a little brush here. It is nice and soft. Most horses don't like anything too stiff on their face so you can use this get any excess hair and excess dirt off of their face. If they have a little sweat behind there ears, you can see that we are getting a little hair off there which is good. That is how you want to brush your horse hair with a finishing brush. "