you good morning and welcome to top horse comm do you I'm Linda Heights and this morning we're going to show you how to flatter horse's mane now before we start these horses means have all been pulled so that they're a nice short length and they're fairly thin these horses also wear hooks so that when they're out in the Sun they're not bleaching and they're not rubbing their manes out so we start at the bottom what I like to do is I like to divide the main up and depending on what size of plate you want will depend on how wide your divides are so if your horse hasn't got much Mane at all you'll probably take bigger sections if it's got a really thick mane you'll probably take smaller sections so I just use like a bends some people start from the top and work their way down I personally go from the bottom and work my way up I like to be above the horse so that you're not stretching the other thing when you're planting horse is you need to stand back and have a good look at your horse and if your horse has got a bit of a dip in its neck when you're plating if you plant the plant up on top you can actually make the plaque sit up on top and get rid of the dip in the neck by optical illusion so that's a trick or if your horse has got a big thick neck you can go the other way and make sure when you're plating you pull your Platts right down hard and roll really hard so what I like to do I like to use just a wetland product some people will use gel or mousse hair spray wax there's lots of different things I'll spray the plot divide it into three sections and then start plating I play it fairly tight and these will be the English style of plats so because this is a senior mare and she's got a really good top line I usually tend to sit my plate slightly to the side plug down you can either secure the end with a lacquer band or not I use a like a band I roll the end up and then secure around with my lucky band that's one plate done I'll show you again so have your play use your product divide evenly and begin your place with practice you'll get tighter and tighter the more practice you have the better your blacks get and again around the bottom I only have a short place I follow the end and around the place so once you've got to the point that you've done your Platts I trim them off at the end because each week they grow longer and longer and it doesn't actually shorten the main because each week they have a regrowth I then get a dining needle so big eye and blunt on the end tie knotting them so you don't lose them when you're in the stable because nothing's worse than having a lost needle in a stable and I secure the end you can put a knot in it everyone has many different ways and then for me my personal choice I roll the braid you can stitch as you roll if that makes it easier for you there's your braid now if your horse hasn't got a top line if you push the plate back up on top it gives it you get just a little bit more top line this is a senior mare so I actually pull the plat down she has her top line already from her work and her feed and then we stitch in and out this is a special platting cotton that we're using and again this is where you need your needle so it's blunt so you're not stabbing your horse because eventually they won't let you Platt up if they're getting hit by a needle all the time I usually go backwards and forwards probably three to four times and all I do is I just cut and secure off at the end and that's your bubble so we continue this process all the way up the mane until we get to the bridle path once you're there I would spray it with hairspray and then you're ready for the show ring good luck and can thank you very much for joining us at top horse comto you