Turnout for affiliated Dressage (stupid question sorry!)

[Jemayni]

I apologies in advance, this is a pathetic question!

Im doing my first affiliated test in just over a week; I was looking through my BD magazine & I couldn't help noticing that every horse was wearing a white saddle cloth.

Is it compulsory to wear a white saddle cloth?

Will I look very silly if Im not wearing a white saddle cloth?

Am I imaging the white saddlecloth thing?

(I know this is all very petty; but given Im not riding a typical dressage pony, I dont want anything to make us look more out of place!)

Sorry for my dumbness.....

 

[lizzie_liz]

a white saddlecloth isn't compulsory, you can wear any natural coloured saddlecloth, there are plenty of people who don't use white

 

[Tangaroo]

So long as it is black brown or white it doesnt matter. I use a black mattes dressage numnah, not a saddlecloth. I only use a white saddlecloth for the regionals.

 

[Jemayni]

Aww cool! Thanks so much guys, your ace. Brown numnah it is!