How to Prepare for a Horse Show: Showmanship Preparation: Video Series

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Throughout most of recorded history, horses have played a major role in the civilizations of mankind. These magnificent animals have carried us into battle, fierce and unafraid. They have pulled our plows and buggies, and helped us travel long distances. They’ve been essential in herding and driving our cattle, and the police still use them for crowd control situations in urban environments. Without a doubt, horses have proven to be well-adapted for human life, expressing qualities of loyalty and bravery, responding to commands. Riding horses is fun and challenging to do it well, as is preparing to show your horse at a show, otherwise known as showmanship. If you would like to learn showmanship learn for free online from one of our experts who holds hundreds of awards in horse riding.

In this free video series learn how to prepare for showmanship at a horse show from expert horse rider and horse trainer Sarah Stetner. She will teach you how to clip your horse's legs, whiskers, ears and eyelashes; as well as how to clip the bridle path. Learn how to win showmanship, how to trim your horse's mane, how to brush thoroughly, how to make a horse shine using your hands, and how to take leg wraps off of your horse. Another seemingly unusual part of preparing for a horse show is applying face makeup to your horse and applying hoof black to your horse's hooves. Sarah will show you these two important showmanship techniques as well as how to band your horse's mane.