Light hearted post - bsja dress

Thank you to the SJ ers who have been such a good sport :D there was one point where i thought it could have gone the other way, but no.. HHO forum-ites never let you down :p :D

Shock horror - saddler out fitting new saddle today. Horse is changing shape so need to buy a saddle for the shape he *will* be... for the time being (although it is an interchangable gullet;))... I need a dead sheep under my saddle! Ahhhh! :p
 
Eeep! What are you going to think of me then? I don't do BS, I'm only unaff but anyway, I'm a showjumper :D
-My horse wears a Market Harborough for jumping but goes fab in it
-He wears...wait for it...a hanging cheek snaffle!! to hack and school!! in :eek: and a loose ring with his Harborough
-I don't have a lorry
-EVERYTHING is red: trailer, JW :eek: velvet saddlecloth and matching tendon+fetlock boots+matching velvet rug, the lining on my jacket and my tie :D
-I wear a Champion Ventair hat
-I have short, naturally mousey-blonde hair, doesn't really need a hairnet but I sometimes wear one!
-I don't wear any make-up whatsoever at shows
-I wear gloves
-I don't carry a whip
-I plait him up and bath his one white sock and groom him thoroughly before shows
-My mum isn't chavvy and doesn't put jumps up for me or shout, instead my dad's friend quitely helps me :D
-I have a GP saddle, althought anything leather is black
-He does have half a dead sheep but rarely wears it, we opt for a prolite instead
-I have plain white breeches and plain black boots
-My tack and boots are cleaned before every show
-Nothing has his/my name on it :eek:
-I don't wear spurs...well...to jump in anyway(my lower leg is naughty :p )
-I am always friendly and polite

Is there anything I've missed? :p
Does this make me some sort of hybrid? :D
PS. Please refer to my sig for proof ;) :D
 
What I find is very funny, is that tomorrow is our area showjumping comp (qualify for champs in england)

What is funny is that our trainer (exceptional person) has "segregated" the eventers from the showjumpers - 2 teams of pure showjumpers and 2 teams of pure eventers :p
I dont think he trusts eventers - i was told I was terrible when jumping in a lesson with him because we kept standing off everything/taking strides out/skipping corners! :p
 
only_me said:
because we kept standing off everything/taking strides out/skipping corners! :p
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Thats odd? I thought eventers always took the long way round and got time faults, whereas showjumpers take the short cuts and mess up their approaches?!

Thats what I always do anyway! :D
 
well, I know I am a rare eventer - I actually ENJOY the showjumping phase of eventing! :eek:

Maybe me love for standing off and not doing corners is slowly turning me into... dare I say it... a SHOWJUMPER?! :eek:

Not keen on dead sheep, nor bling, nor motorbike hats, and I have a brown saddle, black bridle and brown front tendon boots and black fetlock boots...

...

Maybe I am still safe for another while! :p
 
I don't have the bling (too cheap ;) ) but I do have black tack (albion saddle :eek: ).

Other than that,
1. I wear a hairnet
2. have a skull cap (again too cheap to have two hats....)
3. Have a grey tweedy type jacket (not proper tweed though)
4. Wear prolites on the front
5. No dead sheep and
6. Have a snaffle cavesson bridle, with no martingale, breast plate or other associated cr*p.

Although I have just bought a lovely forward cut grey Le Mieux saddlecloth (with no fluff) that has dipped polyester panels for the girth straps to go on.....
 
Haha, listen to you eventers, admitting tothe SJers to perhaps "using a half pad every now and again" - it is like a 1970s upper-class debutante revealing to Lindsey Lohan that she "occasionally enjoys a tipple or two"!! :-D
 
Oh dear, I wear white breeches :eek:! And one horse has a three ring gag and a grackle :eek: :eek:! I also wear ventair and evolution hats :eek: :eek:!




But I can't leave poles up so I assume I am safe ;)! Oh and I jump off about once a year and go veeerrrryyyy slowly :p!
 
TableDancer said:
JunoXV I have always liked and respected you but to find that you are so vain as to wear a beagler hat - well, I'm so disappointed in you. :rolleyes: You are a selfish and thoughtless man, think of the hours your family must spend worrying about you. I bet if you did a GP test you'd even wear a top hat :eek:
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If I ever did a GP test I'd die of shock so wouldn't matter what I had on my head :p
AS for the vain beagler bit? Says very quietly "its a cheepy horka" and anyway, my wife made me wear it to match her smart pony. Had to dust it off as not used since my eventing days. :o
Oh bum, just admitted I used to event :eek:
 
Brilliant post!
Though I am now a bit scared of buying a new horse to BS!
I used to BSJA years ago and looked a bit odd then, now they might just send me home!
I had a faded brown hat (it was once black) and a navy jacket
No Embroidery
Happy mouth, full cheek snaffle
No martingale
And a 15.1

Will have to buy a cheaper horse so that I can afford the gear. Second thoughts - maybe not
 
Until recent years we never really thought too much about gear, tended to buy tack if it was needed (ie a flash noseband or something) tended to buy something that was good value or nicely made and fit well (show jackets/saddles)

*no shiny horsebox- we have an old Rice trailer, totally sound but not pretty, I think grafitti would only improve its appearance and possibly its value if say Banksy tagged it or something

* I would never let daughter have a blouson with her and her pony/horse's name emblazoned on it because I thought they looked tacky on anyone over 10 and I am mean

*Her horses each have a numnah with their name embroidered on it, one even has their name surrounded by silver and gold stars which was a concession for not getting the personalised blouson

*She has a black Caldene jacket with pink piping- got in trouble when she went out hunting in it, we didn't know colours were significant on the hunt field. Neither of us can afford another so if she ever did do BD or BE we'd just have to deal with the shunning. Well, she does have one of those xc colours tops so maybe she'd be ok.

*Our tack is black, we thought it went nicely with the black points on the bay horses. This apparently means they can NEVER do Hunter classes, we're having counselling to help us deal with the trauma

*Both have a small amount of blingage on their browbands and stirrup irons but that's it. I've noticed a minimisation of the pinkage as well as she has moved toward the end of her teen years

*Between them, the horses probably only have about a quarter of a dead sheep, they too are in counselling

*One of them is a TB, we are all in counselling about that one

*Jods are basic brands and either white or beige for shows

*I look scruffy and am scruffy, but my experience of being ignored at local shows will stand me in good stead to be ignored by the BSJA mums, I am looking forward to it already!

*Daughter does wear strappy tops and jogging bottoms over her jods but no white trainers, she wears those black cloth dap ones, that's coz we are povs
 
don't worry skint1 I went in a working hunter class this year (not affiliated) with blue jacket (tweed mysteriously vanished), black snaffle bridle with semi bling (as in silver/black metal not diamantes ;) ) browband, black martingale and tan jump saddle and girth. add in some hideous plaits (horses's mane so thick I normally do a line of plaits each side of neck) and we really looked out of place. I did apologise to judge for my turnout though who 'said' it was fine not sure I believed him though ;) :p :D

My excuse was hadn't planned to enter but SJ was running late so was WH for chance to jump a decent height course or nothing! :p
 
haa haa, at an indoor showjumping i saw someone with:
-a red caldene jacket
-stock shirt without stock but with their name in pink glitter
-white jods with their name in pink glitter
-their hair pulled of their face with a leopard print :eek: headband
-copious quantities of mascara and foundation
-their horse had a matching veil and saddlecloth with names on
-dead sheep on saddle, boots and girth

but they were very good at showjumping!
 
Sometimes I do wonder whether it might be better to have a separate forum for the different disciplines... judging by the tone of some "eventers" in here it seems that they'd rather not mix with show jumpers! Funnily enough it tends to be the people who compete the smallest classes that seem to be the most keen not to be mistaken for someone out of another discipline (ie a show jumper)... not sure why that is.
 
little_flea said:
Sometimes I do wonder whether it might be better to have a separate forum for the different disciplines... judging by the tone of some "eventers" in here it seems that they'd rather not mix with show jumpers! Funnily enough it tends to be the people who compete the smallest classes that seem to be the most keen not to be mistaken for someone out of another discipline (ie a show jumper)... not sure why that is.
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Noooo, its only a bit of fun, feel free to take the micky out of us eventers if you wish :) I think its good having just one forum - you get a wide range of opinions, and lots of experienced people on here :) i think its good how it is (despite still disliking the new forum!!) :p
 
O dear, I thought I was a show jumper, obviously not but im not an eventer either! Neither am I a hunter! So what am I? Perhaps i should start a new clique!

I have a 14hh piebald cob (you should see the looks at BS i get ;) ) that can jump from trot and will go at what ever speed he is told to :P
His mane is on the correct side, however arfter years of tryign i have only manages to tame about half of it so its scruffy!
I dont own any dead sheep ( i did have a live sheep once though so technically i guess i do?) He doesnt wear a grackle or a gag but doesnt wear a snaffle either :P
His bridle is plain black
We arrive in a trailer (some of those lorries are bigger than my house? :O )
I have a tweed jacket and a plain black one but neither are branded but very smart :)
My white jods are from tesco :P
I have a HS1 skull cap and a hair net and gloves and my whip is not sparkly, neither is it extra short or extra long :P
I dont have open fronted tendon boots especially fluffy ones as they dont fit!
Whats Kingsland?
Sleeveless shirts?? but dont your arms need to be covered? ;)
I wear my body protector all the time!
I dont have things with my name on it but i do have a black saddlecloth with my horse name and stars on it :P (you know just incase i forget ;) )
I have a fly veil but it is used for hacking, its black and white to match Bob
Edited to say: My mum doesnt come to shows with me...she gets to nervous
I only wear a running martingale for hunting...to cling on to
I would prefer a start time, hanging around a stressy warm up ring/lorry park = not so fun time
It annoys me when people hog the warm up fence/ walk right out infront of you approaching it grrr!
Horse and all tack are scrubbed clean before every show :P


So what am I? :o
 
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When i was out jumping aff i was always smart,
horse had a mane that was short and tidy but went up instead of down
all my tack was brown,
i had a saddle cloth with her name and my intials on
a ear thing when i remembered to put it on.
she was shock horror ridden in a gag, with one rein and a flash
had a running martingale and brestplate but it wasnt elasticated
plain balck jacket and from the sale white breeches
plain black boots.
she did have Eskadon tendons and feltlock boots
no dead sheep bar a few months when my saddler told me to
But i failed in 2 major ways, i rode a 14.3 LW cob and i didnt turn up in either a lorry or a trailer, instead i had a Transit with the ifor body. I dont think i could slum it any more if i tried :D

I am trying to redeam myself with my new boy,
Im about to buy a black bridle to match the saddle, inc elasticated brestplate
he has a cloth with his name on it
I'll buy new boots so he is not in my old horses hand me downs
he wares grackle but wares a snaffle
i have got myself a new show jacket, still plain but well fitted ;)
Sleeveless shirt to go under said fitted jacket :o
Hat with go faster stripes
Still plain boots and johds
But the main difference is in now have a dumb, i mean warmblood and moved up to a Cargo lorry, with living :D
 
HayleyandBob said:
O dear, I thought I was a show jumper, obviously not but im not an eventer either! Neither am I a hunter! So what am I? I dont have things with my name on it but i do have a black saddlecloth with my horse name and stars on it :P (you know just incase i forget ;) )
Horse and all tack are scrubbed clean before every show :P


So what am I? :o
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A silly sausage. ;)
 
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