# horses **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047 "2010-04-22T23:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ranger\_cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@ranger\_cobra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ranger_cobra)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/1 "2010-04-22T23:25:23Z")
Right legged (hand) horses vs left legged (hand) horses in respect to the info that when the mane is on the left the horse is right handed and when the mane is on the right the horse is left handed. ranger cobra ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/2 "2010-04-22T23:28:06Z")
GQ is like Jeopardy. You are supposed to phrase your response in the form of a question. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/3 "2010-04-22T23:41:36Z")
And itā€™s nonsense, anyway. The mane can be trained to lie on either side of the horses neck, just like the part in your hair. Many (maybe most) horses have it naturally flop down all over, parts on one side and parts on the other side of the neck. It often takes a lot of consistent effort to make it lay neatly on one side of the neck. And lots of expense, too ā€“ do you know how many cans of hair spray you can use on a yearlingsā€™ mane during show season? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/4 "2010-04-23T00:01:58Z")
Agreed the mane can be trained either way. Typically the mane is braided or trained to the left. Plus, the mane doesnā€™t always naturally lie one way. Quite often it splits (part going one way and part the other), or has cowlicks. The only way I can see a **shred** of truth to the statement is if the muscle development is SO unequal that the muscle on one side pushes the hair in the other direction. That would be very uncommon. Race horses come of the track quite left-sided (if raced counterclockwise, as in the US) and their manes go every which way. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/5 "2010-04-23T00:27:26Z")
To whatever extent horses are ā€œhandedā€ it would be seen in which [lead](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_%28leg%29) they, [unaided](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_aids), prefer. Not their manes. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/6 "2010-04-23T01:24:57Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Agreed the mane can be trained either way. Typically the mane is braided or trained to the left. šŸ˜• In [eventing](http://www.life.com/image/74024503), [hunters](http://dorschfarms.ca/popeye_k.htm), and [dressage](http://www.cyberhorse.net.au/cgi-bin/tve/displaynewsitem.pl?20090630debbiemcdonald1.txt), the right side is typical (although some use the left, the right is predominant). ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/7 "2010-04-23T01:28:57Z")
> [@horsetech](#): > > šŸ˜• In [eventing](http://www.life.com/image/74024503), [hunters](http://dorschfarms.ca/popeye_k.htm), and [dressage](http://www.cyberhorse.net.au/cgi-bin/tve/displaynewsitem.pl?20090630debbiemcdonald1.txt), the right side is typical (although some use the left, the right is predominant). _shrug_ maybe I just know contrarians. Sorry. My point is, it can go any way you want it to go. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/8 "2010-04-23T08:31:26Z")
I seriously love [this](http://www.theequinest.com/images/spain-horse3.jpg)!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/9 "2010-04-23T09:10:16Z")
The horses on my planet have hooves in place of hands. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/10 "2010-04-23T12:06:40Z")
Reported spam post #10 (if this is post #10, itā€™s already been deleted) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/11 "2010-04-23T12:58:48Z")
^. . .or, you are spamming and covering your tracks cleverly. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horses/537047/12 "2010-04-23T13:18:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ā€¦ covering your tracks cleverly. You mean _hoofprints_