Thursday, October 23, 2014

Practical Horseman 'How To' Make Grooming Wisk



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Black Tails Shine


Strapping your horse (a grooming technique)

Practical Horseman magazine published a book in the seventies -- The Practical Horseman Book of Horsekeeping -- that I still have and hold dearly. The book has a section on grooming, where I read for the first time about "strapping" or what the book referred to as banging. The idea behind strapping is to lightly slap the horse's muscled areas with a wisp, cloth, or leather pad. The horse tenses and relaxes with each slap. It does not *sound* like fun, but apparently the groom gets into a rhythm and the horses relish the feeling as they would a massage. Strapping aids muscle tone, relaxation, and cleaning/polishing. Most experts advise starting with just a few slaps per muscle group and building from there.