I might be an OLD TIMER -- but when my boys were growing up and showing, I reallyliked going out to the barn and mixing up thier daily training mix.
At the shows, it went along ways as well to keep those calves POPPED
75 % of the good old Wonder Sheen from Hamm's Supply, 15 % Rag Oil, with the remainder was the linement that we use for horses - name eludes me.
Mix this VERY VERY well each time you use it -- the Wonder Sheen is not as heavy as Zoom Bloom, where as the Rag oil will really keep the skin from drying out and keep the hair conditioned as well. The linement in there helped brek down the combo and freed up the hairs to seperate better.
We sprayed this on with a small hand sprayer -- not too much as to make the hair wet, but almost. Then we'd blow it in really realy good. They would pop like crazy and stay that way for hours with minimal touchups. When you comb them , the hair was soft and workable, but had lots of volume as texture to it. Plus, that stuff really smelled great. I still have a gallon stuck in the closet of the Wonder Sheen, can't say it is even around today, but it worked.
As well, I always used thier Blue Hair set for intial breaking the first week or so, had holding power without being too heavy. No need to wash out either as long as you didn't over do it!
Ah the days of youth! That stuff worked for me real well -- also do not use the old shampoo called Orvus -- it will take all the oils out of the hair and skin and make it dry and flacky. Hard to manage, but it will get rid of the bad stuff too for sure.
Good luck you guys ;D
Terry