What do you wear in the hot weather?

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Hi all. After melting today in school, i was wandering what do everybody else wears when its really hot? I do wear a body protector after accident, even when its very hot:( If i only had these full sheepskin saddle covers,i could ride in shorts! So please share what do you wear out hacking or schooling.
 
Hacking I'll wear shorts and trainers ((gasp)) and schooling I have some thin summer jodhs and a tank top.
Here it gets 35degrees during the day so we only really get to ride early morning or late evening - think 5am till 9am and 6pm till 8pm :)
 
I wear jodhs (cotton), jodhs boots a t shirt and a padded gilet type rockfish pink hi viz. Lightweight hat.

I find if my arms are cool, I can cope with the rest being a bit too hot. and the padding on the gilet has been useful when I have fallen off onto gravel and stones (try not to make a habit but it has happened)? I accept that my arms might get cut in a fall.
 
Qru said:
Hacking I'll wear shorts and trainers ((gasp)) and schooling I have some thin summer jodhs and a tank top.
Here it gets 35degrees during the day so we only really get to ride early morning or late evening - think 5am till 9am and 6pm till 8pm :)
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Shorts... How does your bare knee react to the saddle ? You know what i mean,dont you rub it? What about stirrup leathers,dont they pinch?
 
Cool cotton breeches (cooler than jods coz you don't get a lot of material around your leg) and Endurance cool-chaps. Socks made of bamboo/cotton mix, for coolness, and Ariat joddie boots.

On top: due to being bitten alive by the dratted horseflies I tend to wear a marathon/running hi-viz top made out of special wicking material which has long sleeves but allows the air to pass through it and is actually much cooler than a polo shirt.

Underwear: cotton not synthetic.
 
Can't quote on phone but Christmas magik - never had much problems with pinching :) may sometimes get some rubbing on the inside of my calf if ive cantered but my hacks are usually quiet, lazy walks on a long rein so its not often.
 
Yea,my hacks usually more trot and canter than walk,so I'm afraid my knees going to be raw if i go in shorts:) But then again i wouldn't do so much fast work in very hot weather.
 
We had a few whole weeks of really hot weather and I was riding in shorts and a tank top, with my socks folded down over my jodphur boots to try and make myself look a little less ridiculous... go figure... :p
 
p87 said:
We had a few whole weeks of really hot weather and I was riding in shorts and a tank top, with my socks folded down over my jodphur boots to try and make myself look a little less ridiculous... go figure... :p
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Simbacat said:
http://www.kerrits.com/ make really really light sort of tights almost but with suede patch things don your legs. Also I wear jungle trainers, mesh to let the air in and mesh half chaps. If my feet are too hot I can't think.
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Where can you get kerrits stuff in the uk?
 
To ride in?

The usual gear - so yesterday was hat, gloves, breeches, Bromonts, polo necked Tshirt & BP (as went x/c.
Today the same but no bp, and swapped long boots for jodh boots & gaiters & added hi-vis as was out hacking for an our at a good pace.

I'd rather make sure everything stays as intact as possible :)
 
I ride in shorts! I wear socks up to the bottom of the saddle which stops all pinching.
I then just wear my jodhpur boots and whatever top! Fly repellant stops any bugs.

Hacking/schooling/jumping this way has never been a problem for me, your legs will be totally fine and i dont even stick to the saddle that much!:D
 
Rode bareback in denim cut off shorts one day last summer, the traffic has never slowed down so much for me! I think it must have been the glare off my milk bottle white legs blinding them, they spend the rest of the time hidden from sight in trousers or breeches!
For messing around the yard in old faithful jeans that are so old and worn they're thin & roll them up or cheapy shorts, riding just regular breeches, boots & gaiters, on top whether riding or just doing jobs on the yard strappy tops normally, tho if hacking I try to take a t-shirt with at least half sleeves to change into for riding.
 
Jods, jod boots and have some hkm socks which are quite thin and almost like towel material :) then just wear a running top from sports direct- its bright pink :D ;)
 
I wear pretty much the same as I do in the cold weather (including the bp) but go a lot slower and get a lot sweatier! :o Do like a lightweight hat though.
 
I have some long Sleeved t shirts for summer, body protector, hat with vents and boots with chaps and tend to wear leggings or trackies instead of jods, or have a pair of shorts to change into for poo picking. I Just get changed and can cope with me being hot for a bit
 
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