If you've ever tried to braid a squirmy toddler's hair - or even brush it - you have some idea of the challenge that Angela Ferguson often faces at the All American Quarter Horse Congress.

Joe Reed, of Fredericktown, braided his Percheron Missy's mane with ease, weaving bright red and white cords through her graying mane as he sat atop the horse in her stall. "She don't care," said ...

BUTLER, Pa. - Authorities are searching for someone who cut the manes and tails off three horses at a western Pennsylvania equestrian complex. Cortney Shipley manages the barn and trains horses at ...

The braiding of horses' manes is being used as a code to mark the animals for theft, police have said. Following a warning from Fife Constabulary about 10 cases have been reported in the past ...

AN ANIMAL expert has said motives behind cases of horse mane and tail theft can range from pre-show sabotage to even 'witchcraft'. Gemma Stanford, head of welfare at the British Horse Society (BHS ...