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Post by hs on May 24, 2009 20:49:02 GMT
It is getting to the time of year when it might get really hot.
I was just thinking today how hot I am going to be in my tweed especially as I hack over to a couple of shows.
I have yet to find a brand of tweed designed for hot weather and sometimes in a big class there is a lot of waiting around and people start to look very red and hot.
If climate change happens and our summers get hotter - do you think tradition will change to reflect the weather - perhaps a nice shirt and tweed waistcoat will surfice!
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Post by conniegirl on May 24, 2009 21:57:55 GMT
Nope. 2 years ago I was at a show in stinking hot weather. The judge did say we could remove our jackets. I was the only one who didnt. I dont feel right at a show without wearing my jacket. I kept it on and was champion.
It was a heavyweight tweed jacket.
Derbyshire festival last year was ridiculously hot, even then i was happy to wear the jacket although this time it was a light weight tweed.
I find that 100% wool jackets are better then jackets with even the smallest amount of synthetic fabrics in them.
I for one wont be loosing the jacket!
They havent gotten rid of them in australia and it is far hotter there then it will ever get here.
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Post by nativeponies on May 24, 2009 22:27:23 GMT
we have had judges let the kiddies take their jackets off and we have had judges let them wear full waterproofs in awful heavy rain, this probably comes down to judges discretion and just gotta hope you get a kind one on the day!!
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Post by thecremellosociety on May 25, 2009 4:56:55 GMT
Try running in lead rein in a tweed  Very hot  but looks smarter |
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Post by sarah00000 on May 25, 2009 6:36:52 GMT
New dressage rules this year, are allowing riders to wear waist coats. They look really smart and are tailored beautifully.
I personally, start glowing like a "red hot chilli pepper" without wearing a jacket, putting one on, when its hot, is like putting petrol on a FIRE!!!!
Thanks goodness Dressage is judged more on the way of going, than the turnout!
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Post by fayeandash on May 25, 2009 9:49:23 GMT
I agree with conniegirl on this one, i wouldn't send my daughter into the ring without her jacket on, i think it looks very unfinished, but i have considered for this year in investing in a tweed waistcoat in the same fabric as her tweed jacket, this way she will still look smart but a lot less sweaty, and she will alsways have the long sleeve shirt, as this is another one of my bug bears - short sleeves with wasitcoats  |
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Post by squirly on May 25, 2009 22:33:52 GMT
i saw a hoys qual. years ago and a few small children were dropping off ponies in the line up. Some parents brought the children out but some forced them to stay
i can't remember where it was, could have been the yorkshire but don't quote me on that
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Post by lucretia on May 26, 2009 7:36:58 GMT
when I judge in particularly hot conditions I give competitors the option of removing their jacket. I have had children almost faint with the heat. I feel this is one case where common sense should win over tradition. It would not affect their placing either.
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Post by grotty on May 26, 2009 11:28:57 GMT
when I judge in particularly hot conditions I give competitors the option of removing their jacket. I have had children almost faint with the heat. I feel this is one case where common sense should win over tradition. It would not affect their placing either. I think especially with children their comfort on a very hot day should overcome any sort of tradition! I also feel that their leaders can look equally smart without a jacket,last year I saw a well known producer in a LR class with a very nice cream cotton blouse on instead of her usual jacket, she still had a hat and skirt etc on and looked as smart as the rest of us. |
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Post by bowditchblobs on May 26, 2009 15:53:06 GMT
Iv just invested in a proper tailered tweed- always worn second hand ones that were a tad too large before! God did i sweat last week, crikey, and it wasnt even hot, it doesnt help matters when you have a hairy yak to kick on!!! I wouldnt go in the ring with out my jacket though, but i would in hand. Children should be allowed to take theirs off though, waist coats do look smart.
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Post by Milliesmum on May 26, 2009 19:15:10 GMT
Years ago, a girl who showed at the same places as us used to wear one of those mock shirt fronts under her jacket, and nothing but her bra under that! The whole thing just velcro'd on at the back of the neck and once her jacket was on you couldn't tell, although she did look a bit odd wandering round between classes in her underwear! Wasn't the type to be worried by a few funny looks though.
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Post by starrider on May 27, 2009 7:56:48 GMT
Unfortunately this would be a fab idea for me as when in a class i tend to sweat whatever the weather - competitive nerves I think - may try the mock front shirt though ;D
However, I do think riders looks much smarter in jacket s
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Post by apple123 on May 30, 2009 17:58:42 GMT
I've passed out in the middle of a class indoors because of the heat before - it was a HOYS qual so no option of not wearing jacket, I would have kept mine on anyways as think it looks smarter and my jacket hides my tummy!!!
My blue foxley jacket is ultra ultra lightweight but I still get really hot in it. I have an Alexandra James tweed and that doesn't make me as hot as blue jacket - prob because it's a lighter colour.
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Post by hottoddy on May 30, 2009 20:42:49 GMT
I get really hot when riding! Think it would be nice t have the option of a tweed waistcoat but god only knows what fashions would come round!
You want to try side saddle when you have the apron over your jods, waistcoat and a bloody veil on! And its ruddy hard work!!
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Post by hs on Jun 1, 2009 9:42:40 GMT
How did everyone cope with the heat yesterday it was very hot where I was but luckily I was doing a versatile Le Trec - and we could wear whatever we wanted so lots of vest tops etc - when I asked the steward what the dress code was as had not done it before she said anything safe was acceptable - she people could even go topless if they choose to!!!
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Post by nativeponies on Jun 1, 2009 10:01:14 GMT
was rather nice where we were, had a lovely breeze so didnt feel too hot, ponies managed well, one child forgot to pick jacket up and had no choice but to ride in shirt!! judge was ok with it though...got a great tan though!! rode at 7pm last night and it was lovely!! just fed up with trying to put sun cream on some of the ponies now!!! buggas!! ;D got through alot of water and our fussy gelding decided drinking at shows isnt so bad after all!!! ;D
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Post by squirly on Jun 1, 2009 22:05:39 GMT
How did everyone cope with the heat yesterday it was very hot where I was but luckily I was doing a versatile Le Trec - and we could wear whatever we wanted so lots of vest tops etc - when I asked the steward what the dress code was as had not done it before she said anything safe was acceptable - she people could even go topless if they choose to!!! i did a show- 5 riddens, 2 in-hand from 10am to 4.30pm with only a 20 mins break ponies got more of a break i have a v.thick show scene tweed, plus long sleeved shirt. yes i was boiling- but we have to get on with it, the older ones that is- i can understand the under 14s moaning. at the end of the day, think of showing as like a beauty pageant. Our ponies are beautiful, well proportioned and talented, but we have to endure pain to get there!!!! |
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Post by heather85 on Jun 2, 2009 21:33:54 GMT
we did a show on bank holiday monday and it was so hot, the judge in one of the rings let us go in without our jackets, so i did. i was nearly passing out with it on.
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Post by dizzy on Jun 3, 2009 0:25:54 GMT
I've passed out in the middle of a class indoors because of the heat before - it was a HOYS qual so no option of not wearing jacket, I would have kept mine on anyways as think it looks smarter and my jacket hides my tummy!!! My blue foxley jacket is ultra ultra lightweight but I still get really hot in it. I have an Alexandra James tweed and that doesn't make me as hot as blue jacket - prob because it's a lighter colour. Had a similar problem with my daughter in an olympia qualifyer a couple of years ago. Went in to groom for her and she said she didnt feel well typical mother I am said have a drink you'll be fine, I held the pony whilst she bent down to get the drink from the basket and was busy watching the shows didnt even notice she'd flaked out on the floor. Thanks to other grooms and competetors in the ring who actually noticed she had passed out she was round in time to complete the class. She then spent the rest of the day in the shade. Moral of this story we now have 2 jackets a summer one and a winter one regardless of cost. |
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Post by smokeycott on Jun 3, 2009 22:30:30 GMT
I COOK IN MY TWEED RUNNING MY PONIES IN HAND
BUT WOULD FEEL UNDRESSED WITH OUT IT ON!!!
TOTAL FASHION VICTIM OR WHAT!!!!
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Very hot 
but looks smarter
