Tack and Turnout for Hunter
and Working Hunter Classes

Oliver XII
Owned and ridden by Melissa Brotherwood

Mane should be plaited, tail pulled. Heels trimmed.
Plain tack, brown is preferred. Black tack is very rarely seen in affiliated Hunter classes.
Double or pelham for open classes, snaffles for novices. If a rugby pelham is used, then a sliphead improves the look a lot. Plain browband and noseband.
A straight cut or working hunter saddle will show off the horse's shoulders and movement, so is preferable to a GP. Leather girth, or a white one is acceptable if your horse is grey, as a dark girth can distract the eye.
Quartermarkers are correct (optional) for hunters and hunter ponies.

Beige or canary jodhpurs or breeches, long boots.
Shirt and tie.
Tweed jacket. Look at different colour tweed jackets here.
Bowler hat for men, bowler or velvet for women. In WH classes, velvet hats or skull caps with velvet covers must be worn and done up.
Brown gloves, brown leather or malacca cane.
Women should wear hair in a hairnet if long enough. Must be neat and tidy.
Waistcoat is optional.
Spurs should be worn, but dummy spurs are acceptable.

Caden Bronze Butterfly with foal Beaconsfield Autumn Bronze
Hunter Pony Breeding class

Plaited and trimmed as for the ridden classes.
Youngstock in bitless inhand bridles, adults in normal riding bridles as for ridden classes.

Tweed or dark suit with bowler or trilby hat for men. Women often wear plain trousers, tweed jacket and velvet riding hat.

Good Golly Miss Molly
Owned and ridden by
Melissa Brotherwood

For WHP classes (children), beige or canary jodhpurs, black or brown jodhpur boots with clips. In 15hh workers, open workers and Intermediate SHT (adults), the rider must wear long boots.
Brown,tan or fawn gloves.
Navy or black velvet hat for SH, either velvet or skull cap with velvet cover for WH. Must be of current safety standard and done up.
Tweed jackets.
Hair tied back neatly with ribbon/scrunchie.
No spurs allowed for Intermediates of Working Hunter Pony. Spurs are correct for any adult riders though, so for Working Hunter.

As for Ridden Hunter classes.

Five and Dime
Owned and ridden by Helen Orr

Martingales, different nosebands and bits are accepted, but in a tie-break situation then the pony with less, or 'traditional' tack will win. i.e. - double bridle or snaffle will beat gag, if everything else is equal.
Plain boots may be worn in the jumping phase - apart from removing these for the ridden section, no other change of tack is permitted.
Body protectors may be worn in the jumping phase only.
Spurs are not permitted in WHP classes.

RIDDEN HUNTER