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I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
I am preparing to compete after a loooong break. I mean, when I last competed, I needed a tweed jacket for 100 and below ?and even my blue jacket is like a little dress.
I will be unaffiliated to start with and I know I can use my old kit (already have for one show) but I am aware that I looked like a granny.
I think my breeches and boots are still 'in fashion' and have bought a leather covered hat for dressage and show jumping (as opposed to a skull cap). I have bought a new fancy short whip too, for BS compliance.
I have a couple of other questions though...
Shirts. I am old fashioned and used to always have a white shirt with stock. I recollect that I started to only have a short with collar attachment for BS, no tie. Do I still need the collar attachment for BS? Or, it seems that people just wear the shirt with a stand up collar on its own, top button showing.
Also, I always had white shirts, but some people had a coloured short with a white bib. These days, in the shops, shorts seem to be various colours, including patterned, no white bib. Is this acceptable in BS/BD, so see a different colour? Is it supposed to be hidden by a stock, or is a simple patterned/coloured short OK with just the stand up collar, no over collar attachment either. Is BS/BD different?
Gloves. They used to be black/dark blue, then 'light coloured' became compulsory. What is the current ruling on gloves?
Also, jackets. They seemed to be blue/black or tweed before, red only if a huntsperson. Now, the shops are full of different colours. What is the BD/BS ruling on that?
Finally, jackets. Mine are like little dresses, long bum coverage. In the one show I did, I stood out for being the only competitor in a dress! But then, in the shops, jackets don't seem quite as short as many people seem to be wearing. Are jackets going bigger again?
I have some cash spare to re-fit myself so I don't look like a relic, but don't want to buy something now that isn't BS/BD/BE compliant as, next year, we may do an assortment of them. I seem to think more is 'permitted' as in toes/stocks/not but I am a little confused as to how to generally fit in and not look like a relic. I am hoping my beaming smile may hode the wrinkles, and I have got the body back in shape!
As for the horse... I usually use a neck strap. I recollect that BD didn't allow them, then ruled that they did, after all, allow them. Then, I read that they were no longer allowed. Same with BE, I think? What is the ruling on them now for BE/BD/BS? The rest of the tack is very standard. Except... Tendon boots. I am having issues finding long enough straps. The ones easiest to change are the type where the straps start on the outside, thread through the inside and then fasten on the inside - I could simply lengthen the velcro straps. Then, I seem to recollect the type where the strap doubled back was disallowed by BS, but that *may* have been for back fetlock boots only? Are they still allowed?
I will be unaffiliated to start with and I know I can use my old kit (already have for one show) but I am aware that I looked like a granny.
I think my breeches and boots are still 'in fashion' and have bought a leather covered hat for dressage and show jumping (as opposed to a skull cap). I have bought a new fancy short whip too, for BS compliance.
I have a couple of other questions though...
Shirts. I am old fashioned and used to always have a white shirt with stock. I recollect that I started to only have a short with collar attachment for BS, no tie. Do I still need the collar attachment for BS? Or, it seems that people just wear the shirt with a stand up collar on its own, top button showing.
Also, I always had white shirts, but some people had a coloured short with a white bib. These days, in the shops, shorts seem to be various colours, including patterned, no white bib. Is this acceptable in BS/BD, so see a different colour? Is it supposed to be hidden by a stock, or is a simple patterned/coloured short OK with just the stand up collar, no over collar attachment either. Is BS/BD different?
Gloves. They used to be black/dark blue, then 'light coloured' became compulsory. What is the current ruling on gloves?
Also, jackets. They seemed to be blue/black or tweed before, red only if a huntsperson. Now, the shops are full of different colours. What is the BD/BS ruling on that?
Finally, jackets. Mine are like little dresses, long bum coverage. In the one show I did, I stood out for being the only competitor in a dress! But then, in the shops, jackets don't seem quite as short as many people seem to be wearing. Are jackets going bigger again?
I have some cash spare to re-fit myself so I don't look like a relic, but don't want to buy something now that isn't BS/BD/BE compliant as, next year, we may do an assortment of them. I seem to think more is 'permitted' as in toes/stocks/not but I am a little confused as to how to generally fit in and not look like a relic. I am hoping my beaming smile may hode the wrinkles, and I have got the body back in shape!
As for the horse... I usually use a neck strap. I recollect that BD didn't allow them, then ruled that they did, after all, allow them. Then, I read that they were no longer allowed. Same with BE, I think? What is the ruling on them now for BE/BD/BS? The rest of the tack is very standard. Except... Tendon boots. I am having issues finding long enough straps. The ones easiest to change are the type where the straps start on the outside, thread through the inside and then fasten on the inside - I could simply lengthen the velcro straps. Then, I seem to recollect the type where the strap doubled back was disallowed by BS, but that *may* have been for back fetlock boots only? Are they still allowed?
