What do you and your horse wear to compete?

I'm a tweed for as much as I can get away with gal :D

Most expensive item in the picture below technically is the boots (JTE version of Ariats) and they were a present so free to me, as was the JTE hat and Caldene tweed (ebay bargain, £50 BNWT) :D The rest that I have bought over the years is Caldene stock shirt (fantastically cool in summer), Mark Todd breeches and the stock is a cream sateen spotted Equetech (normally have a blue one, but I have lost it)

If I am showing, I swap the stock for a reddish tie and collared shirt with collar pin - simples!

However, I am not affiliated to anyone and haven't been for last couple of years so not quite so much pressure to fit in!

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I have plenty of options :o So depending on what I'm riding in what I use my cream breeches and black boots with a navy CO Fiona or a HS1 with Navy cover, Brown tweed (with Green stock or navy tie), Green Tweed (with green stock, white, blue or pink shirt, and navy or red tie) Navy Show Jacket (navy tie or cream stock) or Navy cutaway (cream stock)... The navy cutaways are in fasion over in Essex for BD :)
 
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I only sj but I wore
Black Animo jacket but I’ve got a lovely navy Pikeur that I got before horse broke so never worn.
Black ProTector hat, was getting a Samshield in navy but horse broke so didn’t bother.
White breeches either Ariat or HV Polo
White Ariat sleeveless shirt or a Spooks light blue short sleeve.
Black Roeckl gloves
Knee high brightly coloured funky socks :D
Sarm Hippique boots but I’ve now got some Parlanti boots
Spurs, plain straps

Horse wore
Jump saddle
Grackle bridle with pelham
Breastplate, normally without the martingale attachement bit did have it on occasionally
Stud girth when needed (when I got one that actually fitted, then he broke, I can see a theme here...)
Tendon boots
Equiport saddlecloth
Black fly veil when outdoors or remembered to put it on.

All a bit fashion victim on paper but when on looks pretty plain.
 
vam said:

Knee high brightly coloured funky socks :D


All a bit fashion victim on paper but when on looks pretty plain.[/QUOTE]

These are the most important item, for walking around in trainers beforehand :D

I'm with you on the broken horse thing, I bought a Albion birdie and bling Albion brow band for him to wear at my wedding, that was 2011 and he's been on/off lame since and have only managed one small combined training before he went lane again, fingers firmly crossed that 2014 is our year!
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Oh my word I'm drooling over the photos here and how great everyone looks competing. You all also look like you are having a rather nice time which is something money can't buy. I imagine I will have the expression of a constipated turkey when I finally make it to a competition.

The lady in the USA has agreed to make me blinged up spurs. I'm in heaven.
 
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Basically the same for everything

Mark Todd tweed jacket
Navy and gold stock from Bespoke Stocks
Gold stock pin - Bespoke Stocks
Beige Townend breeches
Brown WW close contact gloves
Navy/black hat silk
Ariat Bromonts
Rollerball spurs, plain strap

Mare wears:

Black tack for jumping, brown for jumping
Cavesson noseband for dressage, grackle for jumping and hunting breastplate for jumping with martingale attachment
Plain square saddle cloths - white for dressage, white SJing, navy XC (however just bought black fluff full pad for jumping!)
Overreach boots for SJing, full boots XC

No bling and only just submitted to fluff on grackle and numnah and boots! Mum kits us out as she's her pony and so I have no choice in the matter, but I might buy a blingy browband if I can find one in brown.

XC is the same but navy and gold colours.
 
RachelFerd said:
PS I do it all on a horse that cost £200, ridden in a saddle that I bought for £150, arriving in a borrowed trailer, towed by a car that cost £500!

I could spend ten times that on all these things, but I'd never be any better. Doesn't stop me lusting over butet saddles though!!!
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This is the only pic I could find of me competeing :S Aged 14, I still wear the same jacket (Caldene £15 from ebay) as long as I promise not to breath. Plus long leather boots bought on ebay for £40, beige full seat breeches from derby house in the sale at £10, brown cotton gloves and C&O junior skull cap and black silk.

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My fingers are itchy to go shopping as soon as I graduate and get a job.
 
I think everyone looks wonderful no matter what it all cost. Read a very interesting thread on chronicle of the horse forum were they spoke about how the "traditional" competing wear us completely outdated, ie jackets and stocks etc. most agreed competing in a polo shirt and breeches would be more practical. Can't imagine it would ever catch on here but it is a nice idea, makes life a bit simpler!
 
elliefiz said:
I love all the photos, everyone looks so smart! I'm really being inspired :)

So let me get this straight- I need a stock for BD but BS I can get away without one? Does anyone show jump in the collars anymore with their initials on them? I grew up madly wanting to wear those, but think they would be another faux pas. Although the 90's could always make a cone back!

Nibbles360 I adore your jacket, I love the colours of it! Is that a HK based brand as haven't heard of it?

Naenae87 I love the different colours of your stock!
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Haha, Thanks. I had it custom made so it almost matches my XC colours. The green is the right colour, but the blue isn't quite right. I like it though :)
 
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This is what we wear for Show Hunter (and showjumping - will sometimes add a white saddlecloth)

I wear:
Charles Owen - Showjumper XP helmet
Animo navy jacket with fuchsia collar
Dublin Prime performance white breeches, though cream Pikeur Lugana breeches are on order for next season
Either Ariat baby blue or B/Vertigo fuchsia show shirt
Cavallo Junior Jump boots (short a**!)

Billy wears:
Hinterland bridle
Schockemohle martingale
Prestige Versailles saddle
Bartl half pad
Eskadron boots.

The only changes made between the disciplines are a stock for dressage and a white saddlecloth and we lose the martingale and boots. Ideally we would have a dressage saddle but that's not happening anytime soon.

Massively all the gear and no idea but I really do enjoy looking smart. Tweed is not really a big thing here in NZ unless you are showing.
 
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Dressage- although was unregistered so I wore the tretorns rather than chaps. Brown CO hat, brown GPA jacket, HV Polo Beige breeches. I prefer beige to white as I cannot get whites that clean and would hate to look mucky! Plus its tonal on a bay/chestnut.
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Showhunter- Brown CO hat, Brown pinstripe pikeur very "quiet " look.
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Showjumping- Blue and gold PRO hat, blue and gold equiport jacket, white HV polo breeches. Leopard gloves and pink stirrups!!

I much prefer brown tack to black and will either ride in navy or brown as my dominant colour. This includes breastplate that have navy elastic too.
The GPA jacket is lovely and stretchy plus was only like £50 on eBay! And the Pikeur is so well fitted, and the pinstripe is slightly different. The equiport was on sale and too big, got them to customise it and then went and had it altered at a suit shop.
The brown and tan CO I had seen years ago at Olympia on a stand and ordered it in, again its slightly different but not super obvious. I find the PRO hat super comfy and it feels like I am wearing a hug on my head :)

I just read the BD rules and it states white/beige or a dark conservative colour.
 
Love the brown tack! I''m a brown tack person too.


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I wear a navy kingsland jacket
Brown konig boots
White breeches
White glows
Blingy earrings and stockpin

Horse wears what she does at home, just changing the saddle cloth.

I'm hoping to replace my hat for navy one, without chew marks on :eek: And a new saddle cloth that doesn't slip under the saddle.

We are all the gear and no idea though and only do low level dressage with very inconsistent results :p
 
Husband competing with my boy:

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Husband:
Samshield Shadowmatt Helmet
Grey Pikeur Jacket
Kingsland Show Shirt
Fouganza Gloves
White Pikeur Breeches
DeNiro Long Boots

Horse:
Prestige Jumping Saddle
Eskadron Saddlecloth
Bridle made up of various different parts
Daslö Hunting Breastplate
Black Veredus Boots
 
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