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A soft-bristle brush has silky bristles that are used to add a shiny element to a horse's coat. Learn about using a soft brush after getting rid of excess dirt and hair on a horse with help from a horse riding teacher in this free video on horse grooming.
This is Maggie Connolly with Hawthorne Stables. We are going to go over the soft bristle brush. This is how you use the soft bristle brush. A soft bristle brush has really soft silky type bristles. This is used to just add that extra shiny element of the coat once you are done to just get the last bits of dust, and add shine glisten to your horses coat. And with the same strokes moving down with the hair, you can see that it just starts to add the glisten and the shine to the coat now that we have gotten rid of all the loose hair, and all the loose dirt, and just actually just adds that nice fine finishing touch. This is how you use a soft bristle brush. This is Maggie Connolly with Hawthorne Stables.