subject: Fairytale Horses [print this page] The Number One most significant improvement that you can make to a horse, is to grow a long, thick, luxurious mane and tail on him or her. If the horse has conformational flaws, the beauty of the flowing mane and tail completely take the attention off anything on the horse that is less than desirable. It not only frames, but just completes the whole horse making it a stunning sight to behold. This is the kind of horse fairy tales and dreams are made of.
This has the secondary side effect of you Meeting Lots of New People! I am an open and friendly person, but I'm a little on the shy side when it comes to approaching strangers. I am not one of those people who will just walk up to someone I don't know and start talking.
As soon as I show up on the scene with one of my gorgeous horses, every one comes up to ME and starts talking. I can't tell you how many new friends I have made because of this.
This next observation is one that I suspected for a long time, but couldn't really prove it until I made my horses stand out by having attention getting beauty.
I had horses that I was showing that I KNEW were better than some of the prettier, flashier horses that were getting better ribbons than me in the shows. I knew it was because my "Plain Jane" horse wasn't catching the judge's eye or even getting a second look. It isn't fair, but its human nature. Our eye is naturally drawn to what is pleasing to the eye...so we give it more of our attention.
