In Hand Showing

[Ebie Equestrian]

Hi

I have a 10 month old coloured colt registered with CHAPS. ID dam and Tobiano Oldenburg sire. I'm looking to show him in hand this year - but not quite sure what we need. What would be the usual outfit I would be expected to wear. For him I assume he is shown in an in hand bridle complete with bit. What about mane - does this need to be plated? etc

Thanks Emma.

[Wally]

With his breeding he might look flashy plaited. Got any pics?

[Daffy Dilly]

For inhand classes you're expect to wear

Hat - either trilby, beagler (dressage cap) or a riding hat
Tweed jacket OR a waistcoat that complements you and your horse, waistcoat is better if you wont need a tweed for ridden classes as it's cheaper, but if you're doing the big shows tweed looks smarter
Non-white shirt and a discreetly patterned tie
Brown leather gloves, and either carry a cane, a schooling whip or a cob/inhand whip
Then trousers - dark (ie navy/green) for light legs, light (ie beige) for dark legs
And suitable but smart footwear. I did wear Harry Hall Recife Jod boots, but needed some walking boots for DofE so I will be using those for inhand showing as they're brown, and comfy.

I think that because he's less than 2 you can use a halter, best to check with CHAPS on that. They tend to plait yearlings, but I think the tails are often left unpulled, or they use a thinning comb to make them look pulled. :)

[Ebie Equestrian]

thanks for the info. i do have some pictures of him but they were taken before christmas will try and get some up to date ones at the weekend. Was going to post the older ones but for the life of me cannot get it to work ? - Will try and figure it out.