What do I show an American Standardbred in in hand

[dressage33]

Hi All
I am looking for advise on what bridle etc to use for an in hand showing class I have on Friday. Its for the championships for the Royal London Show. I will be taking him in in hand on the evening performance to the 'American Breed' and 'Utility' classes. I used a plain reddish leather English bridle to qualify but im unsure to how suitable it would be as im sure the idea is to show them as a true type. I am completly new to this as I have only had him 2 years and he qualified 1st time out. All help welcome

 

[monkeybum13]

No idea, sorry but do you have any pics? I'm a bit of a standardbred fan

 

[pinball]

sorry no idea, but definatley pics,love standardbreds x

 

[Fuzznugget]

I'd say use a hunt type bridle, one with a flat brow and cacesson. In the states you'd have a bridle with a patent browband and flat cavesson in dark brown leather. Hope that helped.

 

[competitiondiva]

I used to show Morgans (a long time ago!) but think the show bridles are pretty much the same! I might even have an old one in storage somewhere, I'll have a looksy at the yard tomorrow if you want (it would be a cob size) I used to have two a red, with white and blue pattern and a black rimmed with purple inlay one, not sure which I've got still (if any) certainly american morgan showing you used this type of bridle. See link, and scroll to in hand showing on this page: http://www.denlore.com/blog/

 

[navaho]

Pics as well please

 

[MissSBird]

You might be better going onto a more american based forum (www.horsecity.com is one i know of) and seeing what they use. I really have no idea...