These guidelines to dress apply to rallies and training within our branch.
When attending inter pony club Area competitions, or the Gosling Cup, there are specific rules which apply. Area rules can be found on the main Pony Club website, and there are separate rules for each Area competition.
If you are interested in the rules for the Gosling Cup, then please contact your Age Representative.
The general requirements for rallies are:
- Shoulder length/long hair to be tied up and secured in a hair net (both boys and girls).
- No jewellery.
- Black or navy hat cover, short or long sleeved white shirt or polo shirt, navy Pony Club sweatshirt, dark gloves, beige or navy/black jodhpurs or breeches.
Plain black or brown half chaps worn with jodhpur boots of the same colour are allowed or standard long riding boots. Tassels are not allowed. Riding boots or jodhpur boots must have a smooth, fairly thin sole, and a well defined square cut heel. No other footwear will be allowed.
All tack should be clean and in good repair. Stirrups should be checked regularly for correct size, they must have 1/4 inch clearance either side of the foot. Juniors are strongly recommended to wear safety stirrups.
Saddle pads to be white, navy, black or brown.
For formal rallies and tests beige jodhpurs or breeches, and a long or short sleeved white shirt should be worn with either a Pony Club tie or Pony Club stock and pin for seniors (14+) and a formal tweed riding jacket.
Variations
If it is cold or wet, members may wear their red Pony Club jackets and seniors a plain navy or black jacket.
Peakless hats and body protectors are compulsory for cross country and arena eventing. You may wear the Pony Club red cross country top and red hat cover if you have one.
(Please read ‘Pony Club safety Rules’ page for information on riding hats and body protectors)
Stable Management and C+ training
Unmounted training: Please come looking neat and tidy, wearing your pony club sweatshirt and sturdy footwear, suitable for working around horses. Jeans are acceptable. There is no need for a tie or collared white shirt, nor jodhpurs.
Mounted training: please be correctly turned out in shirt, jacket & tie.
Competitions
Dress for riders as for rallies above but tweed jackets must be worn (over a shirt and tie) on which you must pin your PC badge (with any test felt awarded – see Ages & Stages).
When attending a competition representing the Pony Club, you are expected to show a high standard of turnout which includes plaiting your pony. In an ideal world, your pony would have pulled or plaited tail. But if you have any questions, please ask the DC or your Rep.
In the summer, prior to the Gosling Cup, there will be sessions at which turnout will be explained rather more fully than you would ever wished to have known.