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My horse doesn’t have curly curls but is very wavy and his tail will curl if left alone. It mats up badly if it is allowed to get really dirty so he gets regular baths (we also usually show at least once a month through the summer months so that’s usually when I bath him lol)

I use orvus paste shampoo. A small amount goes a long way, I think I spent about $35+tax on a tub of it over 5 years ago and I have barely put a dent in it. And I have a paint with about 50% white with a white mane and tail.

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In the spring his first tail wash I fill a bucket with lukewarm water (usually about 3 kettles of boiling water and 3 kettles of cold tap water) in the boiling water I add about 1-2 cups of baking soda to dissolve it then add the cold water.

At first I held the bucket to get him used to having his tail soaked but now he is chill if I just set up a stool close to him and put the bucket on it and soak his tail. I don’t really time it I just let it sit for a while (5-15 min probably).

Then I rinse his tail and then fill another bucket with lukewarm water (2 hot/2cold kettles) and just under a litre of white vinegar. Again soak the tail for 5-15 minutes.

Another rinse, then I wash his tail with shampoo and one final rinse.

I repeat any time his tail is getting to be really grungy or turning yellow/brown (it’s supposed to be white)

For his mane I dampen with water then make more of a paste by sprinkling some water onto a handful of baking soda and rubbing it into his mane and concentrating on his roots. Then in a spray bottle I have half and half water/ white vinegar and spray it onto his mane. It will foam up a bit as they react. Then I rinse and shampoo his mane.

My guy lives out in a field with stickers dry grass and dirt so keeping braids is hard and I when I try to keep braids I have to redo them every few days, he's also very active so it makes it hard lol. Plus I don't have a lot of time to be braiding. His mane also seems to come out really easy so I try to be careful not to do anything that pulls on it too much. His tail is more wavey than curly and after I brush out his mane it's pretty wavey, after I wash it however it curls a bunch lol