What is a Tail Extension For a Horse?

Series Summary

The horse has been used in warfare as early as 4000 BCE. There is archaeological evidence in the steppes of Eurasia of fortified towns being built to defend against horse-riding bandits and raiders. In 1350 BCE, the Hittite tribe developed a written manual for the successfully breeding and conditioning chariot horses. Thus, since before written history and throughout the recorded development of mankind, horses have been a powerful ally to victorious armies and successful agriculturalists. In Medieval Europe, the heavy armor of mounted knights required a new style of horses, strong like a draft horse but athletic like lighter breeds. The destrier , along with the courser and rouncey, became the type (not breed) of horse that would fetch the highest price among nobles and elite military officers.

In this free video series, expert Kelli LaBar shows you everything you need to insert a tail extension in your horse's tail and prepare it for a show or competition. Kelli will teach what an extension is for, the supplies you'll need to make it work great, and all about combing the extension and tail for best results. You will also learn how to trim the extension to match the tail, how to braid and section the tail, and also safety concerns while working with a horse's tail.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Kelli and on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to show you some tips and techniques I use to place a tail extension in a horses tail. So basically what a tail extension is it is a basically tie in horse tail to make your horses tail look fuller or longer. Most people that use this are showing on your performance horse, breed shows like your Appaloosa's, your quarter horses, your Palomino's. It is more popular in that than in your hunter, jumpers that type of thing. So you want to make sure that the color of your tail extension matches the color of your horses tail and then that you tie it in properly and make sure that it is not being shown. What it does is it creates a fuller illusion to your horse's tail which in turn creates a fuller illusion of a fuller rump which just causes your horse to look more appealing when you are showing in the pleasure horse discipline such as western pleasure or hunter under saddle in your breed shows such as your quarter horses, your Palomino's and your Appaloosa's. "