Have you ever seen a hunter show in conformation??They are pretty square but the right(or left cant remember )back leg is a step forward.That's how I believe they show them. I used to show hunters but can't remember. I'm not sure but I think you show them in hunter bridles like you would in...
It sounds like you have some mane chewers. We had a broodmare that chewed one of the other mare's manes and then the mare rubbed even more out of her mane How big are the chunks?
I had a friend that used a saddle on a saddle wrack as a magazine holder. She had a wooden saddle wrack with a shelf like thing on the bottom that she put the magazines in. It looked very nice and classic in her room. Are there any other ways?