In addition to good brushing, you should also groom your horse regularly. Use grooming scissors for this, the slight curvature makes them especially suitable for cutting the tail, mane, legs and ears. Before a competition or inspection, you surely want your horse to look clean as a whistle. In addition to washing, cutting and brushing, you can also braid the mane and / or tail.
If you are unable to cut the ears or braid the mane, use a step stool. The BR step stool is foldable so that you can easily take it with you to competitions.