Ridden Showing in a Tweed Waistcoat?

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I bought myself a beautiful Tweed jacket after Christmas and must admit, I look pretty smart in it :D I have also been placed more highly in our classes, so obviously doing something right.

Anyway, I get really hot in the jacket which is fine for ridden, but when I am in an in hand class, I just melt!

Last year while spectating at Chatsworth, I fell in love with a beautiful tweed waistcoat, but eventually talked myself out of it. This year, it was there again, and because it was from last years range, it was half price! So I snapped it up to do my in hand classes in.

My aim is to wear my tweed jacket for ridden and the waistcoat for in hand, but could I wear the waistcoat for ridden if the weather is really hot? I wouldn't wear it as a rule, but be nice to know if it were acceptable in very hot weather.

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In hot weather you can ask the ring steward or judge if yoy can ride in your shirt, most will agree for classes but probably not the championships so long as you have long shirt sleeves not short.
 
I thought as much but thought I'd ask. It is a very low level local show and I am pretty convinced the girl who won one of my classes was wearing a waistcoat which is probably where I got the idea from...

I will stick to my jacket. Thanks all.
 
I think at local level you would be ok if permission is given

At higher levels though I have seen permission given yet not one of the riders shed their coat for fear of losing a place to someone 'correctly' turned out. A coat is seen as correct at all times
 
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