Competition gloves - dressage

Walrus

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So in our quest to be as much "all the gear and no idea" by winter regionals :p I have decided to switch from a tweed to navy jacket. This has provided all sorts of shopping opportunities; white breeches, (omg, whoever thought they would be a good idea), appropriate underwear for white breeches (!!!), stock, shirt etc...

I'm looking at gloves, i love my brown roeckl chesters and the obvious thing woudl be navy roeckl chesters but then i thought - my whip and reins are black - what is technically "correct" black gloves or navy with a navy jacket? Also any feedback on the roeckl ascots or roeckl advanced sports gloves - i love the modern look but are they are nice as the chester?

http://www.dressagedeluxe.co.uk/Shop.asp?viewmode=vp&pid=1912

http://www.dressagedeluxe.co.uk/Shop.asp?viewmode=vp&pid=2676

It's a small thing but I'm quite excited to breaking free from the tweed and brown turnout and quite like the opportunity of a more "sports" look without it being out of place (of course we will look ridiculous poncing round our prelim test but hey, we have to start somewhere!)
 

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Hmm.... I wear cream gloves which match my breeches and saddlecloth (I don't think I'll ever go for white breeches!! :lol:)

A few years ago BD had a rule saying gloves had to be a light colour, then they said it was preferable that they were a light colour, now it has reverted to just 'gloves must be worn'... most people I see at aff comps still wear light coloured gloves.

Before that I just wore my normal black ones and I have a navy jacket. It won't matter. Buy what you like :wink3:

...oh, and I still don't think you can beat Roeckl chesters!
 

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My concern about the white is my flappy hands!! Although maybe white gloves will help to stop that!. The chesters are lovely, they do a navy one with white trim, i think that's the closest i'll get to white!
 

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I think lots of people thought the same when BD first brought in the white gloves rule. TBH I think if you have flappy hands, they don't look any different in dark gloves to white ones ;) I bet they aren't as bad as you think.
 

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Ooh they look interesting. I also love love love the Roeckl Chester ones. I was looking at some nice sparkly gloves this morning though on www.equiture.biz if you fancied a bit of bling. Matching sets available too - it's too much (particularly as I haven't even started competing!). They look like a similar fabric to the R ones. Am resisting adding them to my Xmas list which is ridiculously horsey as it is. All the gear, no idea. Oh yes !
 

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Light gloves only make your hand movement obvious if you have a dark horse! If you have a grey light gloves are actually less conspicuous.

Sparkly ones stand out on any colour!
 

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Light gloves only make your hand movement obvious if you have a dark horse! If you have a grey light gloves are actually less conspicuous.

Sparkly ones stand out on any colour!

But they look so pwetty ! And surely the extra bling helps to blind the judge ! ;-)
 

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I used to wear white gloves and would get average scores because of my occasionally bobbling hands. I now wear navy gloves which disguises them a little and the scores have defiantly gone up!
 

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My instructor loves it when I wear light gloves because she can nag me incessantly about these pale things floating about in the murk, so go with a darker colour if you're allowed.
 

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