People have been braiding the hair on their horse's mane for thousands of years.
There are a lot of good reasons that you would want to do it.
While one of those reasons is to make your horse look better it is far from the only reason.
In fact there are some important health benefits to braiding the mane.
It is a skill that is not all that hard to learn so it is something that you should definitely consider doing for your horse.
The biggest benefit that you will get out of braiding your horse's main is that it will help to prevent skin diseases.
When the hair in the horse's mane gets tangled it has a tendency to collect bacteria.
This can lead to skin diseases that will irritate your horse.
When you braid the hair there is a lot less chance of this happening since there will be far less bacteria that gets into the hair.
The other big reason that you would want to braid the hair on your horse is that it keeps the hair healthy.
Horse hair is a lot like human hair, if you allow it to get all tangled up it will start to break.
When hair breaks it does not grow as well as it should and this leads to hair that is thinner than normally.
By taking the time to braid the hair you will get all of the tangles out and allow the hair to be strong and healthy.
On a lot of horses the hair on the mane has a tendency to fall in both directions.
This gives a disheveled look that is not particularly attractive.
By braiding the hair you can train it to all fall in the same direction.
This looks a lot better than having hair that is going all over the place so this is another reason to consider braiding the mane.
One last benefit that you will get out of braiding your horse's hair is that it just looks better.
Really this is the reason that most people do it.
If you are planning to enter your horse in a competition braided hair is almost a requirement.
Even if you are not you may well prefer the way that it looks.
Since it is not all that hard to braid a mane it is worth doing if you like the way that it looks.