If you're referring to me there, I told you in my reply to your PM that I didn't mean any offence by it, but that I was giving advice as to what is deemed correct. Showing does take turnout into account, and the correct dress is correct for a reason, ie it is what is best for the type of horse and what shows it off best. I'm sure you wouldn't take a hunter into a class unplaited, so why turn yourself out incorrectly? If it comes to the crunch between two horses and the only difference is that one is turned out correctly and one isn't, the correctly turned out would come top.