Grooming

6 plaiting products to help you create the perfect look

Want to create the perfect plaits? Check out this selection of plaiting sprays, gels and mousses to help you tame your horse’s mane

14 coat shine sprays worth adding to your grooming kit

Check out this selection of the best coat shine sprays for your show day grooming kit this season

The best mane and tail detanglers to keep your horse looking lustrous

Find out which mane and tail detanglers were chosen as the best in test and best value in our group test

12 waterless shampoos and stain removers that will leave your horse gleaming

Bright white greys and flashy white socks are not easy to achieve, but these stain removers and no-rinse shampoos are here to help

24 shampoos that will get your horse sparkling – because he’s worth it!

Here’s a round-up of the best horse shampoos on the market – there’s something for every colour and type

When should you clip your horse for the final time to ensure a gleaming summer coat? H&H investigates...

Clipping – and particularly the timing of the final clip of the season – is a subject which always generates a healthy debate. H&H asked grooms, producers and owners when – or if – the clippers get put away for the season

How to help prevent your horse’s mane being rubbed out by rugs over the winter and how to aid its regrowth

Rubbed manes is a common issue for horses at this time of year — here’s some prevention and cure tips

6 grooming fails that always happen at the wrong moment

Hands up who’s had one of these – usually the night before a big, important event, explains Sara Walker…

Prepare to be amazed — 18 showstopper tail plaits

To celebrate the art of the perfect tail plait — and to enjoy some extraordinary masterpieces — here are 18 showstoppers. Prepare to be amazed

The (tongue-in-cheek) beginners’ guide to the grooming kit

Giving your horse a good groom every day means you can keep them looking smart while keeping an eye out for any problems. Sara Walker explains what you’ll need to do the job...

To trim or not to trim your horse’s whiskers? The jury’s out...

That show is coming up, you want your horse immaculately turned out, but do you shave his whiskers?

Meet the ‘Bean Queen’: why cleaning sheaths is important and the delights of the job

Horse & Hound spoke to Tracey Freeman, who makes a living cleaning sheaths across the country

8 genius grooming solutions — from biodegradable wet wipes to a car wash mitt

With the competition season approaching, check out riders’ top turnout tricks and the unusual products they swear by

8 grooming essentials to make your horse gleam in the ring this summer

Find out what pony producer Katy Carter and Jo Jack, head groom to Katie Jerram for 12 years, use to make their charges shine

What is life like for a groom on the road with a four-star eventer?

H&H followed Francis Whittington's groom Sharon Mepham for the day at Tweseldown to find out what life is like on the road with a top rider

It's showtime! The turnout transformations that make the elbow grease worthwhile

It's all very well turning our horses out as much as we can, but when show day dawns, we can't help wishing we'd been a bit more insistent on the rug/stable front...

10 ways to improve your hunter’s turnout (start stocking up on the Head & Shoulders)

It might be nearly the end of the season, but Heythrop stud groom Tony Stroud gives Horse & Hound his top tips for turning your horses out perfectly for a day’s hunting

How to keep a grey or coloured horse clean (this could transform your winter...)

Sometimes no amount of scrubbing can shift the stains on grey coats or white socks. Horse & Hound asks the experts to reveal their most dazzling tips

11 tips to speed things up around the yard

Here are a few time saving horse care tips to make life at the yard run that little bit more smoothly…

Don't these horses scrub up well?

It's amazing what a bit of elbow grease (and possibly a dose of sweat and tears) can do to get our horses looking show ring-ready