Ribbons and bows

A red ribbon in a horse's tail indicates that the horse is a kicker.

Other ribbon colors have meanings, too. This chart hits my Facebook feed every other month or so.

Model horses have their issues, but kicking isn't usually one of them.

So I was a little confused to see several horses at the BreyerFest Children's and Youth Show wearing red ribbons in their tails. 

This guy doesn't look like a moody mare. 

Nor does this foal. 

And what am I supposed to make of this? 

Or this? 

The leg ribbons were even more baffling. 

Maybe this leg kicks? 

I had to know what the ribbons meant, so  I asked an entrant. She told me that a lot of the entrants owned the same models, and the ribbons were just another way to tell which one belonged to whom.

That makes a lot of sense when there are forty, nearly identical Nazruddins on the table,

but I doubt the owner of this nice performance entry needed a ribbon to help her find her horse.

I think a lot of those kids just like ribbons, and that's fine by me.

I also like ribbons and bows. In fact, I kind of want to start showing my horses with ribbons, too!