When trail riding or showing a red ribbon means the horse kicks so stay back. I suppose a yellow ribbon might mean the same.
it means that they are a stallion
This means that the horse is a stallion. Stay away, especially if you have a mare that is in heat. ~Deb~
Yellow-tail was created in 1775.
A red ribbon on a horses tail means that horse is a kicker. ^Used in horse shows. Just as above answer says, it is a warning so in a open flat class you do not ride too close to the other horse.
It means that you shouldn't let your horse get to close to that horses behind because that horse will kick.
You cannot grow a horses tail, no way magically, unless you are insane and you are addicted to surgery to get a horses tail. that's all i know. Buy a foal or a colt. Let him grow. Its tail will grow with him.
it looks like a horses tail, obviously.
Tail docking was orignally done to prevent the tail from becoming entangled in the harness of draught and carriage horses. Today, it is done infrequently and more likely to be done to draught horses.
Not all roping horses have braided tails. There are many events where a rider may braid their horses tail because it helps keep it out of the way.
Eohippus is thought to have had a tail like a donkey.
To make it's tail shorter.
They do it to talk to other horses in a language.