Absorbine Photo Challenge: 10 Burdock Manes & Tails

September 25, 2015Kristen KovatchSponsored#24 HOUR PHOTO CHALLENGE, #ABSORBINELeave a comment

We’re just going to say that every single one of these entries deserved to win an Absorbine prize pack, just to give you all a little help de-burdock-ing.

Ah, fall: while the rest of the world is prancing happily about wearing cute sweaters and drinking pumpkin spice lattes, those of us in the equestrian world are too busy picking burdocks out of manes and tails to notice. We asked to see your autumn struggles, and dutifully you guys took a moment out of your endless hours of grooming to snap a photo and send it our way.

This week’s randomly-selected winner of the Absorbine prize pack is …

Moose is cute even when she gets her forelock all tangled up..

A photo posted by Aly Wahlers (@sonyador) on Sep 24, 2015 at 12:20pm PDT

Tragically, HN staff are not eligible to win the prize, but we still have the same problems — in duplicate:

These two… The problem with draft teams is that whatever one of them gets into the other has to investigate too. Rose and Sue. #horsenation #Absorbine

A photo posted by Kristen Kovatch (@thehorsebackwriter) on Sep 23, 2015 at 10:16am PDT

Amanda’s horse looks remarkably neat and tidy, but his pasture full of acorns has him pretty grumpy.

For the @absorbine #horsenation challenge: The acorns are on the ground; so until the Wildlings eat them, everyone is restricted to their dry lots. Aggie is not well pleased in the fall.

A photo posted by Amanda Uechi Ronan (@horsenista) on Sep 22, 2015 at 10:54am PDT

And the rest of this week’s finalists:

Jamie Maguire: “My project for the day.”

It’s bur season… #horsenation

A photo posted by @equinefeathers on Sep 23, 2015 at 3:28am PDT

Lindsay Johnson: “Recently picked up 9 horses from their vacation pasture and all 9 were covered in burrs!”

Lindsey Matossian: “Mini Cooper… And yes, I was able to fix this!!”

Emily Bernstein: “Shirley the burr brush (this was after her mane was pulled due to long hours pulling at burrs).”

Sierra Isak: “Even when I braid her forelock she will still manage to get burrs in it & make herself look like a unicorn.”

Megan Huard: “There’s a tail there somewhere….”

Keep an eye out for next week’s Absorbine photo challenge! We announce challenge subjects on Tuesday around the middle of the day on both Instagram and Facebook. Each week offers another chance to be the lucky winner of an Absorbine prize pack!

Go riding!