the brush on your horse: (try it on your arm learn this) – if standing on the left side of the horse, with brush in your right hand, first point the bristles towards the front of the horse (before you even touch him with the brush!) – lay the side bristles against the horse’s hide, and do a long, smooth stroke, with the direction of the hair, on the side bristles. – at the end of the stroke, flick your right hand from left to right, thus quickly sliding the bristles to the other direction…this will lift the loose hair and dirt right off the horse and away from his 