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Eileen
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I bought this filly a year ago. She is two + now. She is finally coming out of her uglies -- although it was never as bad as my boys yearling stages. She has enough mane for 3-4 horses -- hate to think when I start to pull it and braid it.
She is by Donaufurst out of a Martini mare. She is a full sister to your mare, Wendy, just a year younger.
Not good at getting the open stance/good photos yet with her. Will have to work on it. Need some instructions from Pam.
Thanks, all.
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one more -- sorry.
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Joy
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Pretty girl! And she does look like she has a thick mane.
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Awwwww, she looks so much like Abby! I would love to hear more about her. What is she like? I love this cross. I rode Abby on Saturday, she is so much fun. She was actually a little "up", but was still exceptionally well behaved. Please keep me updated on your baby. (And yes, Abby has a lot of mane and tail!)
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Beautiful head & neck on this girl!  Hope you plan to show her!!
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Eileen
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Thanks for your kind remarks. She is a pretty fillyand she does move very nicely -- as reported by others, not just my prejudice -- of course what can they say.
She was a little on the timid side when we bought her, but that has changed. She is definitely one to come check out what the weird humans are doing now -- where before she just left or watched from a distance.
If you are working someone else, she works in her paddock. A couple of times she has gotten really jealous of whomever is being worked and has jumped the fences to get into where you are and just joins in whatever it is you are doing. If you are lunging, she just lunges behind whatever horse -- was quite a challenge when my boys were still "all boys" and she decided to join in--even those times when she worked outside the fence. Working a young stallion inside a fence with a young filly just on the other side -- trotting, cantering or whatever you are doing-- can be exciting.
Yes, Kim, we do plan to show her, just probably not in hand. Those long trips to Texas from here are just too long and too hard-- horses stood it better than us "old people". So it will be a while.
Thanks, again, everyone.
Eileen
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She's a beauty. I went to look at Donaufurst when I was looking for a stallion to breed to my Martini daughter but didn't go in that direction.
My Martini daughter, Hope Springs Eternal, is a very mellow, sweet mare. I am riding her daughter by my old Arabian stallion now and have a coming three year old filly by Paramoure out of her. Great dispositions on all of them. And a lot of mane! I'd post a picture of Hope showing her "Fresian" forelock but can't figure out how to post pictures.
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Jennifer
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Donna,
You can post photos by going to the "Additional Options" link that appears to the lower left of the screen where you type a response. The photo size should not be too large, so you may need to reduce the size of your photo to 55K prior to posting. This is not too hard to do via your photo editting software (easy, that is, once you figure out how to do it!).
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Martini daughter with very, very thick mane. Her eyes are closed but the barn was dark and all other pics made her look white-eyed. Trying again. It keeps telling me that I will have to reattach attachments. I reduced it to 30kb.
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very sweet picture. how old is she? what is the rest of her breeding?
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I have her pedigree on my website. Hope Springs Eternal. She is out of Hertzdame IV (Erzsand X Herbstgold). Her dam was 23 or 24 years old when Hope was born so it is old breeding up close on the dam side.
I have a three year old filly out of her by Paramoure and she is to be bred to Aul Magic this year. Can't help it, I love the Arab/Trakehner cross. 
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Definitely a Martini.
Jean had told me when it came time to pull or braid Martini, everyone just sort of disappeared. Nobody wanted to do all that hair.
I even thought of leaving my filly long and doing a Russian matte for a braid, but decided that too many people might have prejudices in the sporthorse world to risk her losing points because of my prejudices. I used to do a mean matte that always drew favorable comments from the judges -- but that was in the days of the covered wagons.
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Joy,
I used to have a book on braiding that showed the matte -- can't find it anymore.
First try to put into your mind a fishnet effect of diamond shapes. You must know the curvature of your horse's neck and how he carries it in the ring.
Divide the mane into parts like a normal braid -- more parts to make the neck look longer, fewer to make it look shorter. (the overall braid does tend to make the neck look a little longer, in my opinion.) Put a rubber band around each part a short way down from the crest of the neck. Then divide each part in half, each half is pulled toward the section next to it and about 2-3 twists of a braid made there. (You will have a section of 1/2 diamonds (closed) on either end of the mane so that you have a straight line from the crest to the bottom of the mane beginning and starting the "fishnet".) Do this dividing and braiding with each section for one row the length of the neck. You must make certain the sections are not too tight and the first bands must follow the curve of the neck when under saddle. If too tight, it will not be comfortable for the horse and it may pull out sections of mane. If too loose, it will not look good. Then make the second row -- these bands are halfway between the first row -- like offset seats in a theater. So on down the length of the mane. I made certain the mane was all of one length -- in the braid. The last row -- which is at the very end of the hair -- may have some sort of finish to it. My mare was chestnut with white socks and blaze. When I got all the rows even and straight (really a straight curve) I went back with white tape over each tiny braid piece. At the very end, I taped and then added a small white bead over the last tape. You also must make certain that there is enough give in the braid to allow the horse to flex or extend his neck without pulling or bunching up the mane. Now you have offset rows of white following the curve of the neck. I matched or contrasted the tape and beads to the coloring of the horse.
Reading back over this, I hope you have seen something similar because this is a very convoluted description. It sounds more difficult than it is. Once you have done a few, it is quite easy and I could do my mare in much less time than others could braid their horses.
Be very aware this braid will only work for the dressage ring. when jumping, etc. I used a French braid. Jumping in a Russian matte will most likely result in bald spots in your mane.
With this inept description, you probably have questions -- I'll try to answer them.
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It does sound complicated. Do you remember the name of the book? I did a search for "Russian matte" and braid and got no hits at all. Do you have a photo of one of your horses with this braid?
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Jean had told me when it came time to pull or braid Martini, everyone just sort of disappeared. Nobody wanted to do all that hair.
I hadn't thought about it because my mare is just a broodmare but when I did her inspection, I worked for weeks to thin her mane; I remember the blisters I gave myself. And the girl who did the braiding still complained. Her entire mane is incredibly thick. I wouldn't let the braider do anything to the forelock because it is better than a fly mask day-to-day. Interesting that this is an "inheritable trait". Both of her daughters have thick manes but no-where near as thick as the Martini daughter. Another thing about it because I also have Arabians who do themselves into dreadlocks ........ although very thick, it has never tangled - the hair itself is of a thick texture.
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The matte braid? Is that the one also called the Continental braid or the Macrame braid?
Donna
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Eileen
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I can't believe I never took a picture of the braid -- guess I was always too busy taking pics of my kids on their horses to ever get one of my horse. 
Do not remember the name of the book.  Think we must have lost it in one of our many moves years ago. Hadn't even thought of it until this mare and all of her hair.
Have heard of the macrame braid, but not the continental braid - have never seen either one, but they may be similar, I don't know.
One thing I forgot to include was that the size of the diamonds depends on whether you are trying to emphasize the muscles of the neck or hide them
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That is the French braid I used for jumping and cross country. I did turn the very end under so it did not show. A couple of kind of loose stitches of thread so that it is easy to take out.
It really does well for cross country.
Beautiful guy -- I too like the more natural look on some horses.
Eileen
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Those slow growing Trakehners...
