Because I'm in a shopping mood, and I'm fed up with wishy washy reins sneaking longer and loooonger and looooooonger, please suggest your best rein/glove combo.
Which are like continental reins (with the marked leather "stoppers" along them so you can see if you're even/not even and can note when they've crept longer!) but with added rubber through the webbing, so nice and grippy.
I have nice half rubber/half leather smart reins for competition though as don't think they look smart enough for dressage. I use them for XC though!
For gloves I have Roekl "Cross Country" for every day use and a smarter/cleaner pair for XC;
And my sister bought me a smart leather pair of black gloves that I wear DR/SJ, although for DR now may have to use lighter ones?!
I like Woof Wear gloves with rubber pimpled reins. They grip really well as a combo but have the ease of being able to slip the reins if you need to. I like this combo because I have arthritis in one hand and can't grip too hard on the reins during a flair up. Happy Shopping!
biogrips with the Roeckl spiderman XC gloves - amazing grip even on sweat or rain soaked rains - use the same combo out hunting and never have a problem hanging on.