Mane and Tail Length

[Weaving]

I found Argents very helpful comment in the How to section

"Is a short mane and tail dominant or recessive?"
"Mane and tail lengths work as incomplete dominant genes. Short mane and tail is a dominant trait (L/L); long mane and tail is recessive (l/l). Medium length is a heterozygous situation (L/l)."

However I am trying to breed a horse with a short mane and a long tail, is this possible? Or will the mane and tail always be in proportion to each other?

[Middie Rose]

Looking back over my farm log pics it does seems that they are always proportional (which is handy to know as I'm after long manes and the tails grow faster). It's probably not the image you're looking for but you might be able to use vertical mane styles instead like with Przewalskis.

[Argent II]

It is not possible to have different lengths unless you're breeding for upright manes. Mane and tail lengths are controlled by the same set of genes. Eventually, we'll be able to style manes and tails.

[Weaving]

Thanks for all your help guys, I think I'll for some length and wait patiently until I can plait all those manes up nicely!

[Scythian]

This horse has a very short mane and long tail. She is a mixed breed; maybe that has something to do with it.

(BTW, she also has a favorable Strength Breeder Comment and a Conformation Report that totally contradicts it.)

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/129089

[Argent II]

That horse has an upright mane. That's a separate gene from mane length.