SHOW TIME 

For competitors who are Eventing and are over the age of 18 (Competing at Intermediate level and below) the following dress code is required under the British Eventing rules:

Dressage and Show Jumping Phase

• Show Jackets can be worn in any single conservative colour in muted tones and show jackets which have coloured collars and contrasting piping to collar, pockets and vents are also permitted. Tweed jackets which aren’t brightly coloured or have loud patterns are also allowed. No Show jacket can be worn as long as a suitable show shirt outlined below is worn.
• Long or short-sleeved show shirts which fasten at the neck may be worn in white, cream or of a conservative/muted tone, it cannot be bright or multi-coloured.
• White, buff or fawn breeches
• Tie, American collar or correctly fastened stock
• Gloves
• Plain black tall riding boots, topped long boots or full grain smooth black leather gaiters with matching boots
• Riding hat with correct standard (Please see competition details for more info)
• Number Bib

Cross Country Phase

• Base layer or top (Long sleeves are recommended)
• long riding boots or full-grain smooth leather gaiters with matching boots
• White, buff or fawn breeches
• Riding Skull Hat (No peaks) with correct standard (Please see competition details for more info)
• Body Protector (Please see competition detail for more info)
• Number Bib
• Gloves

For more information please see the rules of the competition you have entered or the British Eventing handbook.

Most unaffiliated events will be more lenient with the dress code but if you follow British Dressage competitor dress you won’t go far wrong.

• Show Jackets may be in any conservative colour. Jackets must be worn in all Championship, Regional, Premier League and High Profile classes.
• Show Shirts can be long or short sleeved which fasten at the neck
  with a tie, white round collar or correctly fasted stock in any solid colour.
• Breeches or jodhpurs must be in plain white, cream, beige or canary yellow.
• Riding Boots should be conventional boots designed for riding or short boots with gaitors or half chaps the same colour as the boot.
• Riding hat which meets the correct standard
• Gloves are mandatory in all BD competitions but can be any colour.

More information on British Dressage tack and equipment can be found here

Riding Hat – Must meet required standards

Show Jacket – Traditional style tailered jackets in dark colours, traditional tailered hacking jackets

Show Shirts – Shirts may have long or short sleeves and must have a white collar; long-sleeved shirts must have white cuffs. Ladies may wear shirts with high white collars without a stock. Coloured ties or stocks may be worn with hacking jackets. Shirts must be properly done up at all times

Breeches – Approved colours are white, pale yellow or fawn.

Riding Boots – Must be black or brown including traditional riding boots, leather jodhpur boots with plain black or brown leather “gaiters.”

More information can be found in the British Showjumping handbook

 Show shirts should be paired with a tie or a stock which is white, cream, or a dark neutral colour. If you find tying a stock difficult you could purchase a ready tied stock.