| Author | Message | ||
     Christine Twigg Member Username: Rosibob Post Number: 162 Registered: 02-2008 |
Go girl | ||
| Kathleen Upsall Member Username: Katastrophy Post Number: 127 Registered: 10-2008 |
Fab! Equiture order going in as soon as possible :D look out for us at Escrick  thank you all! | ||
| Sarah Meredith Member Username: Smeredith Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2013 |
I have competed in national and international classes with bling! Sparkly union jack on the fly veil along with diamonte plaiting bands...very rare i dont get 9 or 10 for presentation! At the world pairs the German team had glitter spray on their horses bums for the cones! looked fab in the sun! go for some bling! it will brighten up your day ha | ||
| Christine Twigg Member Username: Rosibob Post Number: 161 Registered: 02-2008 |
I have a subtle row of diamanté 'bling' round my dressage fly veil. Looks very smart without going OTT. As Jane says, we generally put a lot of effort into our presentation but for dressage probably a good rule is 'less is more'. Go for it, and enjoy. | ||
| Jane Smith Member Username: Smithies Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2009 |
We are probably the most blingy sport there is! Feathered hats, shiny hub caps in brass or white, sparkly terrets, fly veils in various colours, brow bands and buttons. Give it a whirl Kath. Most fly veils have an edge colour. Mine is gold teamed with a bling browband. At my last national event I got 2 nines and a 10. | ||
| Ian Priestley Member Username: Ipriestley Post Number: 3 Registered: 04-2008 |
How sad that you would laugh at another competitor. Surely bright coloured plastic browbands, plumes, and fly veils are bling. If you research carriage driving you would know that traditionally carriage horses wore highly decorated harnesses including velvet coloured browbands with large rosettes, similar to that worn by the horses in the Royal Mews today. Presentation is a single mark on the dressage and if the judge gives 5 or less a comment must accompany that mark. So if you want to decorate your harness with bling there is nothing stopping you, in fact, go and read some old driving trails books and you'll see the types of coloured browbands worn back in the 70 and 80s. Be brave and wear some bling that compliments your turnout. Good luck. | ||
| Joe Hodgson Member Username: Joehodgson Post Number: 290 Registered: 07-2010 |
My opinion is that I would only laugh. We don't need bling in HDT. That's all I'm saying | ||
| Kathleen Upsall Member Username: Katastrophy Post Number: 126 Registered: 10-2008 |
I'll admit it- I'm a matchy-matchy freak... As anyone that has seen my marathon kit will attest to... And I've been dwelling on the subject of bling in the dressage arena. It's all the rage for ridden dressage, and I'm not taking about acres of sparkly stuff here, rather the edge of a fly veil and a subdued but sparky browband. Any judges on board that could give their opinion? |