This photograph illustrates the technique of mane braiding, also called plaiting. Shown is the head and neck of a white Percheron draft horse with ribbon and five alternating dark and light colored flowers braided into the mane along the horse's…
The Percheron stallion Oak Forest Chancellor, is standing beside a brick structure. A man is standing near the horse's head holding a guide rope attached to the bridle.
A handler with a black Percheron draft horse of unknown name and age. The horse is fitted with a leather bridle and a snaffle bit, and has a braided tail.
A handler with a Percheron draft horse of unknown name and age. An Iowa State University horse barn appears in the background . The horse is fitted with a leather bridle with snaffle bit, and has a braided tail.