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Out hacking? I 've just found an old photo of me riding (mid 70s!:o) and I'm wearing jodhpurs boots, beige jobs, and a hacking jacket, wasn't going to a show, just out hacking. Wouldn't dream of wearing a hacking jacket for hacking these days, don't actually own one that fits, and I haven't seen anyone wearing one out on the road for yonks. I have a waterproof jacket big enough to cover whatever layers the weather demands.:rolleyes:

So when did you stop wearing a hacking jacket for daily use? And what do you wear now?
 
I used to wear one in the early 90's, I loved my Harris tweed - it was so comfy and had loads of pockets. No one wore hi viz then.
Now I wear hi viz jacket , gilet or tabard depending on the weather.
 
Never wore 1 for hacking (only 22) always for shows

I adore my tweed though ! much prefer them to blue or black jackets
 
Have never worn one, I wear my hi-vis and coat on the road, and hacking have always been lucky that there were routes direct from the yard to bridleways/fields without having to travel on the roads :D

Nowadays, the softshell riding coats seem to be getting more popular for general riding. Our yard recently ordered some that are waterproof, windproof, fleece lined and very flattering!
 
I think the hacking jacket for hacking has gone the way of the white mac, string gloves, hairnet and Dodo.
 
Cortez said:
I think the hacking jacket for hacking has gone the way of the white mac, string gloves, hairnet and Dodo.
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Lol! I have the mac ( beige not white ) and some string gloves. Can't find the dodo at present, it seems to have wandered off!
 
YES !!!! Ive told people of this very thing and Im sure they dont believe me ! I remember very well, when you had to have beige jods, boots and a hacking jacket. At the riding school I went to as a child you had to wear your hacking jacket for lessons - it was explained to me that it was to protect you from cuts and grazes if you fell off. I remember buying my riding gear second hand (still do get many horse things second hand tho) as it was too expensive new. Im not sure when it stopped, but I remember getting my first pair of navy jods age about 9 or 10, and it was quite daring. I remember the sales assistant in the shop (Dad treated me to a rare new pair) saying I would look like a riding teacher. Must have been about '83, so maybe thats when things became more casual. And no, Im not from London - this was in Lancashire.
 
There are a couple of ladies on my yard that regularly hack out in hacking jackets. I must admit they look very smart and get a lot of nice comments from passers by, but way too impractical for me!
 
Yes - 40 years ago!! Hacking jacket, beige jodhs, long boots, gloves, shirt with a collar, tie and a hairnet - all for a lead rein lesson!

It wasn't until I started riding at the local riding school in about 1976 that I ditched the attire.

However, I cannot now ride without a hairnet or gloves - I hate feeling the hat against my hair.

I am more likely to be found in a Musto breeches, boots and chaps - loaded with hi-viz when out hacking now.
 
When I was about 12 (away back last century) an English woman used to come and ride at the horse hire place I was working at the time. She used to wear the whole kit and kaboodle - hacking jacket, breeches (circa WW2), brown boots, hair net, gloves, cane and a bowler. She would then trot off down the road singing hymns - loudly.

Me, no. Swandri or more lately polar fleece. A swandri never needs washing and polar fleeces wash like a rag.
 
Children would only have had school coats, which was worn for best as well. It was before the days of synthetic materials so a hacking jacket for riding was the sensible option. I had the cream mac and string gloves too.
 
I never have ( grew up in the '90's) but would secretly rather like to! I'm sure I would be ripped apart by the other liveries though.
 
no, wouldn't wear the right coloured breeches to go with it for everyday :)

I still use a hair net though because my hair felts up quickly in a pony tail!

anyone remember those part canvas, part leather riding boots?
 
Remember those navy quilted horrors? Black versions seem to be everywhere at the moment, although thankfully not in the horse world :P
 
I remember back in the 70s when I used to work at a riding school at the weekends (escorting hacks and teaching - not a qualification in, even the RS owner didn't have any qualifications!) we decided one year that the 'uniform' would be jeans, jodhpur boots and a headscarf instead of a hat and Ta da da ..... a hacking jacket.

Another RS I used to go to was owned by this very posh lady who used to have bespoke hacking jacket and matching jodhpur outfits made by the local tailor. She wore check jodhpurs and possibly was the first person ever too. She never, ever rode without a hacking jacket/jodhpur ensemble.

At yet another RS I used to work at/ride at the owner ALWAYS rode in one of those ancient rubber lined riding macs except in the height of summer when she didn't ride at all.

I used to wear a hacking jacket for competing but when I stopped riding for a few years I stashed it in the loft and when I started again I found it had been partially eaten by whatever lives in the loft so I binned it and now have a cheapo (but very nice) grey jacket for SJ and a gorgeous charcoal Tagg for dressage. I keep thinking maybe I should get a hacking jacket but I don't particularly like the colour choices these days.

I love that on TV shows (Pretty sure I saw this on an ep of midsomer murders once) people 'hacking out' in full completion gear - black jacket, beige jodhs, stock, etc. Like that ever happens in real life LOL
 
Don't these days, but when I was a child the instructoes/owners of the RS did ALWAYS. The wife always wore a hairnet and often a headscarfe, the husband had a hard trilby, both wore beige breeches and long boots and were always smartly turned out. Wet weather brought out the rubberised macs (mine was so stiff that it could stand up on it's own and I couldn't bend my arms :D )
These days I value visability over style :)
 
I still wear beige jodhpurs and brown jodh boots for hacking. Have recently been seriously considering getting a tweed hacking jacket like the one I had in the 70's. I dont compete but do like to look smart. will wear hi viz tabard on top though. ETA I also wear a headscarf a silk one. v warm and windproof does look a bit odd under the jockey skull though.
 
The first riding school I went to (way back in the seventies) didn't have any rules about attire that I can remember (it was run by the lady who has just won the Countryfile farming heroes), so the second one was a bit of a shock :) For lessons you had to wear tweed hacking jacket, shirt, tie, beige jodhpurs and jodh boots, but for hacking (ironically) you replaced the jacket/shirt/tie with a sweatshirt.

I don't even own one now :D
 
Where I trained when we took the horses out for a hack it was always Jacket, tie, gloves, clean jodphur or long riding boots and horses had to have been hoof oiled. We were well known for the quality of our presentation.

Love my jacket - can't get in it nowadays, it's a lovely blue herringbone with velvet collar.
 
I've never worn my hacking jacket to hack in. I have worn it to work with jeans and a nice cream top underneath it though.
 
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