The REAL new jacket colors. Oh, just kidding! These kids were doing a costumed quadrille at the Horse of the Year Show in New Zealand.
As I mentioned in reply to a comment on the new dressage jacket colors post, I saw some really beautiful jacket color combinations when I was in New Zealand in 2007. Not in the dressage arena, but in the Hunter Hack classes.
Hunter Hacks are shown only on the flat in New Zealand. They go in a manner that is somewhere between lower level dressage and our own hunter flat classes: the horses should have “substance and good bone” and appear to be pleasant to ride from place to place. The riders use a dressage saddle, and often show in a double bridle. Those browbands? Works of art, made of velvet and silk, studded with Swarovski crystal. Some of you will be lusting after them, I’m sure! I’ve found a few photos from those classes that show some lovely color combinations between jacket, accessories and horse, many of which would be appropriate in our new, (subtly) colorful world of dressage fashion. There are no tailcoats in this gallery, but I promise, I did not make these colors up on the computer or enhance them in any way.
Enjoy the slide show!
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How beautiful! I have often seen similar browbands around, but with the matching habits (and horses), it just looks amazing! I hope riders take a more daring approach. If my horse was not already so many colors himself I would be the first in line for a colored coat (it is not like I don’t already stand out so why not have some fun!).
love love love the kids photo, what fun! But I like many of the combos on the adult riders too. The browbands are beautiful.