- Brush a curry comb in circular motions on your horse to lift dirt from under her hair. Either avoid her face and the area below her knees and hocks, or curry very gently.
- Brush away dirt lifted up by the curry comb using a stiff or dandy brush. Brush with short, quick motions, flicking your wrist at the end of the stroke to push the dirt and dead hair off. You can use this on your horse's lower legs.
- After the stiff brush, run the soft or body brush along your horse's coat, including her face and legs, in long strokes, still flicking the hair up and away from her skin to pick up the fine dust and spread your horse's skin oils from the body of the hair shaft to the end.
- Pick up your horse's hooves and use the hoof pick to scrape out mud and rocks, being careful of the sensitive V-shaped middle section called the frog. You can brush out loose dirt with a hoof brush attached to your hoof pick or bought separately.
- Condition your horse's mane and tail, then untangle the hairs with a human hair brush, a comb (don't use metal ones) or your fingers. The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship for D Level riders also recommends you use a dampened brush to brush the mane over to one side.
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