Riding coats that don't rustle

[Sossigpoker]

So things are going well with my sensitive cob, he is massively less reactive and less sensitive, yesterday I rode in the school by myself for the first time!

Now the trouble is that my autumn /winter riding coats are all waterproof and windproof material so will rustle in the wind /as I move. Although he's improved hugely, for the time being I'd like a coat that won't rustle , like some kind of thick fleece or something.

Can anyone recommend a coat like that ? I won't ride in heavy rain so being shower proof is fine. I currently wear a fleece jacket and so far that's been warm enough but I know soon it won't be.


Thanks for any ideas !

 

[Keith_Beef]

I've stopped wearing my synthetic fleece jackets about twenty years ago, but from what I remember they don't stop the wind or rain, and this is what a windproof and showerproof shell over the top is for.

You could use a spray to showerproof the fleece, and wear a layer underneath that to stop the wind; something like a thick, really close weave cotton shirt, and below that, next to the skin, a thermal T-shirt on cold days.

 

[Gloi]

Paramor

 

[druid]

Look at deer hunting/stalking coats. They're silent material

 

[Cob Life]

A tweed shooting coat possibly?

or a schoffel fleece though they are expensive

 

[Sossigpoker]

Tweed and hunting coats - good idea!

 

[milliepops]

i think softshell is pretty good for this, warm but not too hot, good stuff is breathable, windproof, shower proof and not rustly. cost effective too whereas decent tweed isn't!
i can't cope with rustly coats either

 

[AmyMay]

Musto riding coats.

 

[cauda equina]

I've got a Mountain Warehouse ski ing jacket for riding
It's waterproof(ish) roomy, warm and not a rustle to be heard

 

[Sossigpoker]

i think softshell is pretty good for this, warm but not too hot, good stuff is breathable, windproof, shower proof and not rustly. cost effective too whereas decent tweed isn't!
i can't cope with rustly coats either

Yes I discovered that tweed wasn't going to be realistic price wise !!

 

[Nudibranch]

I have a Schoffel short softshell jacket and a Eurostar long waterproof one. Both great, no rustling!