Purple and Lilac velvet browband for dressage?

Evelyn said:
It's acceptable but not really correct etiquette.
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I would have to disagree with this.

We don't really have what you might call 'etiquette' regarding tack in our dressage (unlike the showing world where it's much more important). It's either legal or not and velvet browbands are allowed so theres no problem.

There are always trends of things that are popular ie the 'bling' browbands and sheepskin half pads that everyone seems to use at the moment.

To be honest, as a judge, beyond making sure the tack is correct according to the rules the only thing i'm interested in is how the horse goes!!
 
JLav said:
I would have to disagree with this.

We don't really have what you might call 'etiquette' regarding tack in our dressage (unlike the showing world where it's much more important). It's either legal or not and velvet browbands are allowed so theres no problem.

There are always trends of things that are popular ie the 'bling' browbands and sheepskin half pads that everyone seems to use at the moment.

To be honest, as a judge, beyond making sure the tack is correct according to the rules the only thing i'm interested in is how the horse goes!!
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My old dressage instructor would turn in her grave if she could see what is acceptable now in dressage. A top level judge she taught us that dressge was a discipline where the horse was number one priority and that nothing should detract from this. Coloured and bling browbands are distracting, they also emphasise any slight uneveness in the head carriage.

I guess it's a sign of the times that colours would eventually make there way into dressage. I personally don't like seeing any bling on a dressage horse I also don't like the white square saddle blankets that are used now.
 
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