This is why it's not worth bothering to "dabble" in hunters. Just come over to the dark side. Roached manes are just fine for eventers, up to and including the AECs (we have several in our barn, draft crosses whose manes are just too much of a pain to braid).

...and I whispered to the horse; trust no man in whose eye you don't see yourself reflected as an equal.
-Don Vincenzo Giobbe circa 1700