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Strathearn Dress Code

The dress code for each of the individual sports is given in the individual rule books. However, there are some items of dress that have safety implications. Members are expected to dress correctly and safely for all activities.

  • Clothing – When mounted, Members should wear a Branch sweatshirt, plain-coloured jodhpurs, a suitable plain-coloured polo shirt.
  • Footwear – Only standard riding or jodhpur boots with a fairly smooth, thin sole and a well defined square cut heel may be worn. Plain black or brown half chaps may be worn with jodhpur boots of the same colour.  No other footwear will be permitted.
  • Jewellery –  No jewellery must be worn.
  • Hair – Must be tied back securely – in a hairnet.
  • Hats and Body Protectors – These are to be in accordance with guidance and meet recommended Safety Standards as detailed in the Rulebooks.

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Correct Dress and Turnout

Please find below a quick guide on turnout, along with further detailed information for tests and competitions.

Correct dress – what to wear is based on being first safe and secondly sensible. New clothing is not expected, but what is worn must be neat and clean. There are lots of places, including within the club, to get second hand items.

Hats and body protectors are the domain of our coaches and they will keep you right with any change in standards as well as tagging all hats. please refer to the section under XC for more information on body protectors:

Any questions just ask the committee members who will be happy to help.

 

  Rally Turn-out rally  
Rider Black/brown/navy hat or silk   Black/brown/navy hat or silk  
  Perth Pony Club sweatshirt   Tweed jacket preferred (or Navy/Black)  
  White shirt   White shirt  
  Pony Club tie   Pony club tie or stock correctly tied and pinned  
  Hairnet (Long hair MUST be safely tied back in a bun or plait inside the hairnet)   Hairnet (Long hair MUST be safely tied back in a bun or plait inside the hairnet)  
  Pony Club scrunchies, or plain dark colours   Pony Club scrunchies, or plain dark colours  
  Gloves ( if required)   Gloves ( if required)  
  No ear-rings or other jewellery   No ear-rings or other jewellery  
  Self coloured jodhpurs or breeches   Beige or self coloured jodhpurs or breeches  
  Clean boots.  Juniors should be in jodphur boots with boot coloured jodhpur clips.   Clean and polished boots.  Boot coloured jodhpur clips for those in jodphur boots.  
  Metal Pony Club badge and correct coloured felt, pinned on upper left front of sweatshirt.  Fabric PC achievement badges can be sewn or velcroed on the the sleeves.   Metal Pony Club badge and correct coloured felt, pinned on left lapel  
Pony or horse Groomed so free of visible mud on body, face and legs   Clean, show ring ready pony  
  Hooves picked and oiled   Hooves picked and oiled  
  Mane and tail brushed through   Mane and tail tangle free, plaiting optional  
      Eyes and nostrils sponged clean  
Tack Checked regularly for wear & tear   Checked regularly for wear & tear  
  Clean   Clean, grease free, silver wear clean and polished  
  Strathearn Pony Club numnah (blue or white)   Strathearn Pony Club numnah (blue or white)  
  OR blue/brown/white numnah or saddle cloth   OR blue/brown/white numnah or saddle cloth  
  Neutral girth (ideally to match tack colour)   Neutral girth (ideally to match tack colour)  
         
      Coaches will ask what each rider has done to prepare for turnout.  
      Juniors are obviously allowed help, but are expected to do as much as they can themselves.  

 

Pony Club Tests

  • Your pony should be clean and tidy with feet well shod or trimmed. For all tests above D, standard ponies should be plaited. Ponies always look smarter with oiled feet – you don’t have to use hoof oil – any hoof dressing or ointment will look just as smart.
  • Tack should be clean, safe and fit correctly. Don’t forget to check the size of the stirrups; they don’t grow with your feet! There should be just enough room to get a finger either side of your boots.
  • Numnahs or saddle pads must only be black, white, brown or dark blue and not so big that they swamp your pony.
  • You should wear a tweed jacket, with Pony Club badge and felt on the left lapel.
  • Shirt and Pony Club tie. Gloves, correctly fitted body protector for jumping, medical armband, Jodhpur boots and half chaps.
  • Jodphurs can be cream or beige.
  • Hats must be PC approved & display a PC tag.
  • Hair should be in a hairnet if long and tied so it is above shoulder height.
  • Absolutely no jewellery – other than a wrist watch. Earrings & other piercings are really dangerous!
  • No button holes or other adornments.
  • Spurs may only be worn if you have passed your B test or with the DC’s permission – this will only be given after you have been assessed using them by a Pony Club accredited instructor. You do need to know how to use them correctly or they will do more harm than good.

Rallies & Camp

  • Your pony should be clean and tidy with feet well shod or trimmed. Ponies always look smarter with oiled feet – you don’t have to use hoof oil – any hoof dressing or ointment will look just as smart.
  • Tack should be clean, safe and fit correctly. Don’t forget to check the size of the stirrups; they don’t grow with your feet! There should be just enough room to get a finger either side of your boots.
  • Numnahs or saddle pads must only be plain with no braiding or logos, black, white, brown or dark coloured and not so big that they swamp your pony.
  • The rider has a choice of attire for these – but please remember neat, tidy turnout is important at all Pony Club activities. You could wear a Shirt and Pony Club tie (with or without a tweed jacket) or any plain long sleeved shirt or sweatshirt. No Hoodies! Long sleeves are compulsory for riding cross country and are recommended at all times. They do help to reduce ‘gravel rash’ if you are unfortunate enough to fall off! Please remember that during camp you will need enough long sleeved shirts to last all week – as it may be hot it would be best to have thin ones!
  • No buttonholes or other adornments.
  • Jodhpurs can be cream, beige, white, black, brown or any plain dark colour.
  • Gloves should be worn whilst riding with a correctly fitted body protector for jumping, Jodhpur boots and half chaps.
  • Hair should be in a hairnet if long and tied so it is above shoulder height.
  • Hats must be PC approved & display a PC tag No fixed peaks when jumping 80cms or over. Jockey skull caps are recommended. .
  • Absolutely no jewellery – other than a wrist watch.
  • Earrings & other piercings are really dangerous
  • Spurs may only be worn if you have passed your B test or with the DC’s permission – this will only be given after you have been assessed using them by a Pony Club accredited instructor. You do need to know how to use them correctly or they will do more harm than good.

Competitions

  • Don’t forget to check that the bit and gadgets that your pony is wearing are legal for the event you are competing in!  
  • As a basic rule for all dressage other than the D1 and Introductory 2007 you must only use a snaffle bit and no martingales are allowed. This applies when you are warming the pony up before the event as well.  
  • Please also remember that the pony must only be ridden by the person competing it on the day – if anyone else gets on to school the pony, or even just to warm it up – you will get eliminated before you even start! 
  • See the individual discipline rule books (available to download or purchase from www.pcuk.org) for accurate information. There is even a rule about the length of whips – so it’s best to have a look at the rule book before you get to a competition!
  • Dress for pony and rider is mainly as for Pony Club tests.
  • For the cross country (XC) phase of a one day event (ODE) you are allowed to wear XC colours – a long sleeved sweatshirt/jumper in any colour of your choice – with the exception of some cross country and hunter trials – do check the schedules – some branches will not let you wear XC colours, but insist on Hunting dress (Tweed Jacket, shirt and tie) or Pony Club sweatshirts
  • Jodhpurs beige or cream.
  • Medical armbands and body protectors are compulsory for all XC.
  • Hats must be PC approved & display a PC tag. No fixed peaks when jumping 80cms or over. Jockey skull caps are recommended for all levels.
  • Don’t forget no jewellery is allowed.
  • No button holes or other adornments on pony or rider.