which colour

[xox stace xox]

a long way of showing yet i know but if i show honey in the future what jacket should i buy, black blue or tweed. im only allowed one so would have to do for jumping , showing, dressage etc

i was just wondering as i dont really know

[ilostmymarbles]

Firstly, what type is she and what classes would you want to enter?
A tweed is usually your best bet as you can do most showing classes, showjumping and lower level dressage in one.
A black jacket is really not good for showing and personally i think they arn't flattering and make people look washed out.
Blue is quite good but you are limited as to what showng classes you can do in one and that depends on your horse.

[xox stace xox]

well shes a haflinger so not sure which classes i could nter really

[xox stace xox]

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what classes do you all recomend

[xox stace xox]

bump anyone

[ilostmymarbles]

Well showing wise your a little limited. You can't do M&M i'm afraid but you could do foreign breeds and cob type or you could get away with palamino/coloured classes (but not in the counties as technically haflingers are chesnut with flaxen mane and tail not palamino).
Definatly a tweed for all those classes though.

[Lonestar]

When i went to a showing/jumping show yesterday, i saw someone showing their haflinger in a cob type class, with a nice tweed/green checked jacket, and then she went on to do some jumping. Lovely jacket.

[xox stace xox]

so shes not really the showing type then

[jenren!!]

I wouldnt say that. Why cant you show them in m&m - arent Haflingers classed as them? My first pony was nothing special, he was a part-bred Exmoor but did have pretty fine legs. The classes i did were m &m and working hunter.

With Haflingers there are specific classes for them at higher levels, but you obviously need to qualify at lower levels first. I would say riding club type, or cob type, or you could even get away with working hunter, if she jumps (you also have to jump a small jump in riding club type). Or if shes fairly bombproof you could enter family pony. There's usually a class for everyone. If you're a good rider (or have good ability) you could do equitation, you can more or less enter any horse into that, the rider is judged after all.

As for attire your best bet is a green tweed, they look lovely on the chestnuts. Also grey tweed is nice as well. Just dont go for blue, dont look too great on the chestnutty/palomino horses. You can pick up either for very cheap - a balck jacket you can get for peanuts off ebay or any other cheap place, perhaps she'll buy you two cheaper jackets? If not a nice green tweed would look best.

Hope this helps :).

[bellazebra]

Is she a registered Haflinger, Stace? If she is, maybe you could get in touch with the Haflinger society (I'm sure there must be one in England) and then you could show her at specific breed shows?

Until then, I don't see any reason why you couldn't show her in Cob Type, Riding Club Horse, Family Pony, and things like that. Some shows even have rare/foreign breed classes, and you could always have a go at the Mountain and Moorland. My friend used to have a Fjord mare who she used to enter in M&M classes.

As for the jacket, I think you should definatley invest in a nice, darkish green tweed with quite a subtle check. The pony is very striking anyway and I think something subtle but smart will just polish her off nicely.

[xox stace xox]

aww thankyou

ill have to have a look around for dfferent horsies in diff classes see what i see

[ilostmymarbles]

Technically you can't go in M&M class as there supposed to be only for the British native ponies i.e dales, fells, conemarras, shetlands,exmoor, dartmoor, highlands, new forests and the welsh sections.

A lot of people make the assumption that anyhting thats hairy and tough can go in M&M when they can't. You can get away with it at local shows but not at counties.
A haflinger is a foreign breed therefore should go in the foreign breed class or a specific haflinger class. Contact the Haflinger Society and they'll point you in the direction of thier specific shows or shows that have haflinger classes.

[Daffy Dilly]

Agree with ILM - they are not mountain and moorland ponies.

You could do;
Native Type (or cob type)
Ridden Pony/horse
Riding Club Pony/horse
Tack and turnout
Coloureds depending on the show
Equitation
Best Condition
Family Pony
Working Hunter Pony

There's quite a lot you can do, just none of the specific type classes. WHP is a little different in terms of who can, and cannot enter, it's more flexible.

[bellazebra]

Technically you can't go in M&M class as there supposed to be only for the British native ponies i.e dales, fells, conemarras, shetlands,exmoor, dartmoor, highlands, new forests and the welsh sections.

A lot of people make the assumption that anyhting thats hairy and tough can go in M&M when they can't. You can get away with it at local shows but not at counties.
A haflinger is a foreign breed therefore should go in the foreign breed class or a specific haflinger class. Contact the Haflinger Society and they'll point you in the direction of thier specific shows or shows that have haflinger classes.

I'm not making any assumptions, ILMM. I have seen lots of show schedules which state underneath the M&M classes "including Fjords, Icelandics, etc". I hardly think she's talking about Picton qualifiers here. Who's going to turn her away at a local show?

[ilostmymarbles]

The fact that they have to specify that they allow foreign breeds in thier M&M class shows that its usually only ment for british native ponies.
However, i've said repeatedly you can get away with taking haflingers in M&M class at local level.
I only wanted to tell the truth about what technically counts as an m&M so the op didn't get the wrong impresion cause I know how heartbreaking it is to win a class and think you've qualified for something only to find out your not eligable because the show got it wrong in letting you in the class in the first place and no one told you any better.
I just wanted to make sure that she had the facts strait. Theres no point in telling false stuff like 'haflingers are m&m's' when there not.