Inhand showing in jods?

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Hi,

I am showing my 2 horses this year, and the second ever show is Sunday. Fingers crossed my horse is not as badly behaved as he was last time, but thats a different story :)

Right so I have just spend a fortune on a showing outfit. I have a brown tweed, lemon shirt with red tie and lemon/beige jods and long black boots.

However, this show on Sunday is mostly inhand and a lady on my yard has told me I cannot show in this outfit and that I must wear smart trousers and a shirt. I dont actually own trousers so it means going out and spening even more money, and I will also have to get changed in the back of my car ready for the next class (bearing in mind I have a micra!)

How badly is it frowned upon to show inhand in a riding outfit, such as jods and long boots. Will I be marked down alot for it?

Thanks!
 
Trousers would be better but your outfit sounds very smart indeed as it is. I often show in Jods as classes are sometimes too close together to change.

These days people seem to make less and less effort with their own turnout in hand which I feel is a real let down - they should look smart for the ponies sake.

So no, not very badly frowned upon. (unlike jeans, long loose hair, jewellry, trainers......etc etc)
 
It can be quite hard to run properly in long boots...are they proper jods and if so have you got any jod boots you could wear? Doesn't matter if they're old as long as you polish them up a bit :)
 
Yes I have jod boots to swap into :)

If I did swap to trousers I would have to swap the whole outfit, as my shirt is a little big (cant tell under jacket) so I would have to change shirt and trousers, and then change back for ridden class, a challenge in a micra!

It is quite a big show though and I dont want to look out of place.
 
I did quite a bit of inhand showing last summer with a youngster and i wore brown cords, brown jod boots, brown hacking jacket, shirt and tie and a crash hat. people were wearing allsorts of outfits, this was at local level, in one class the winner was wearing torn jeans a flowing white shirt and no hat, the horse was very smartly turned out so the handler completly ruined the picture, even worse she is one of the whips from my hunt who should have known better !!
 
I always wear breeches and long boots showing in -hand. No judge has ever said I shouldn't and I've never been told I've been marked down for it. Don't have any probs running in the long boots either.

Although...to be fair, I usually hack to local shows and unsaddle when I get there so breeches/boots are the best option for me.
 
Assuming the show is only local level then you would theoretically be fine in jods and boots. But it is far easier to run properly in short boots (make sure they have a decent tread so no slipping!)

However, it is "correct" to wear smart trousers (different colour to your horses legs), a shirt, tie and jacket. So all you would need to change are your jods/long boots for trousers/short boots. The jacket should be worn so you wouldn't need ot change your shirt
 
Your friend is a little off. A lot of people do show in-hand in just a shirt/tie, but you're actually more correct if you wear your tweed jacket as well. None of the upper half of your outfit needs to change.

What a lot of people do if contesting the two classes close together is wear their inhand trousers over their jodphurs. That way all you need to do is remove said trousers and change from short boots into long boots. I've seen so many people do this at the ringside, and have done it myself.

As for purchasing trousers you don't need to spend a lot on them. All my inhand trousers have been from charity shops for less than a fiver. Ok my navy ones are a bit hideous around my backside and the beige ones need a belt to stop them falling down, but that's all hidden by my show jacket. What the eye doesn't see...But really, no point in spending a fortune on new trousers you'll only wear a few times. I've also found it's much easier to find cords, my personal showring choice, in charity shops than on the high-street.
 
MissSBird said:
Your friend is a little off. A lot of people do show in-hand in just a shirt/tie, but you're actually more correct if you wear your tweed jacket as well. None of the upper half of your outfit needs to change.

What a lot of people do if contesting the two classes close together is wear their inhand trousers over their jodphurs. That way all you need to do is remove said trousers and change from short boots into long boots. I've seen so many people do this at the ringside, and have done it myself.

As for purchasing trousers you don't need to spend a lot on them. All my inhand trousers have been from charity shops for less than a fiver. Ok my navy ones are a bit hideous around my backside and the beige ones need a belt to stop them falling down, but that's all hidden by my show jacket. What the eye doesn't see...But really, no point in spending a fortune on new trousers you'll only wear a few times. I've also found it's much easier to find cords, my personal showring choice, in charity shops than on the high-street.
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exactly, cheapo pair of trousers from asda, tesco, matalan etc.
its amazing how much better you feel in the right gear, i changed my hat to a beagler last year and felt so much better in it.
 
Judges can be capricious about a lot of things but I'd be amazed if you were marked down if you were in smart riding gear.

I don't know what it is like in England but at shows up here including the Royal Highland I am perpetually staggered by how scruffy some people are when showing in hand. It is the pony that is being judged so strictly speaking what you wear should have no impact but I always make an effort myself and insist that anyone showing any of our's either in hand or ridden do too.

Being in smart riding gear may even help you stand out and be noticed by the judge.
 
It is not correct to show in hand wearing jods. Having said that, at local level it shouldn't make any difference at all and I would be very surprised if you are penalised for it.

I sometimes wear trousers and sometimes wear jods, and have won in both. I would draw the line at long boots though - short boots are better if you have them.
 
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