Willow123!
Active Member
Hi all,
Sorry I know this has been done to death but my loan pony and I are entering our first unaff dressage at the end of September and being a natural stress head want to make sure we've got everything right.
She's a dapple grey 13.2 new forest with brown tack, no martingale and a snaffle so think her tack is fine. Just need to borrow a white square off someone on the yard.
I have black jodhpur boots so was thinking of buying some black leather gaiters (mine are just the cheap synthetic ones from Decathlon!), I've found a second hand black show jacket for £20 on Facebook market place, a shirt online for £6 and a tied stock for £20. I've been advised that beige jods will look better on an off white pony so will buy a pair of those too and a hair net?
Daily I ride in a black champion hat but I do also have a plain black velvet one with the cream leather straps - would that be better?
Also would you go for black or cream gloves? Everything I've read says cream is better but at the lower levels can get away with black.
I don't want to spend a fortune but don't mind buying a few bits second hand as it's a monthly comp held at our yard so would like to keep up with it if possible.
Sorry I know this has been done to death but just wanted to check our outfits will be ok? We're going to do intro and prelim though I need to put in some serious transition work as she does have a habit of running into canter. Are whips generally acceptable? A tap of the whip tends to get a smoother quicker transition although we're working from getting it from the leg.
Thanks in advance for reading and any advice
Sorry I know this has been done to death but my loan pony and I are entering our first unaff dressage at the end of September and being a natural stress head want to make sure we've got everything right.
She's a dapple grey 13.2 new forest with brown tack, no martingale and a snaffle so think her tack is fine. Just need to borrow a white square off someone on the yard.
I have black jodhpur boots so was thinking of buying some black leather gaiters (mine are just the cheap synthetic ones from Decathlon!), I've found a second hand black show jacket for £20 on Facebook market place, a shirt online for £6 and a tied stock for £20. I've been advised that beige jods will look better on an off white pony so will buy a pair of those too and a hair net?
Daily I ride in a black champion hat but I do also have a plain black velvet one with the cream leather straps - would that be better?
Also would you go for black or cream gloves? Everything I've read says cream is better but at the lower levels can get away with black.
I don't want to spend a fortune but don't mind buying a few bits second hand as it's a monthly comp held at our yard so would like to keep up with it if possible.
Sorry I know this has been done to death but just wanted to check our outfits will be ok? We're going to do intro and prelim though I need to put in some serious transition work as she does have a habit of running into canter. Are whips generally acceptable? A tap of the whip tends to get a smoother quicker transition although we're working from getting it from the leg.
Thanks in advance for reading and any advice
wear whichever hat you prefer. and either colour of gloves is fine . yes you can use your whip if you need to.
