Photo Challenge: 7 Incredible Manes

From braids to clips to unique coloring, we’re got a roundup of incredible reader-submitted mane photos for you this week!

This week, we wanted to see your unique manes: intricate braiding, jaw-dropping color patterns or fun clip jobs. As usual, our readers responded with an amazing array of photos: here are 7 for your viewing pleasure!

If you’re submitting a photo via Facebook, don’t forget photographer’s credit! We receive lots of amazing entries for our weekly photo challenges that we cannot reprint unless the photographer’s name is posted.

Anita Kennedy: My mare Butters is a Belgian/Haflinger cross with a mane long enough to do a running braid on both sides. Photo by Anita Kennedy.

Lana VanPelt: My fjord Tor. Photo credit to Kirby.

Jenna Stauder: This is Salty, a pony who used to belong to a student of mine. He had a ridiculously thick mane that was impossible to do anything with, so I had the idea to give him a scalloped sort of roach… His kid did a fantastic job keeping it “shaped”! Photo by Jenna Stauder.

Keep an eye out for next week’s 24-hour photo challenge! We announce challenge subjects on Monday around the middle of the day on both Instagram and Facebook.

Go riding!