I don’t know about the current Pony Club requirement, but when I took my helmet to the Charles Owen booth at Capital Challenge a couple of years ago, the nice lady there told me that it was a bad idea to have a barrette or clip of any kind holding your hair up under your hat. Both for safety reasons and because it would affect the fit of the helmet. So basically, she was telling me that I have been doing it wrong my whole life! :lol:
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The HORSE is being judged, yeah? So I am going to play in the sandbox that my horse is best suited to, thanks.
Riding in helmets was initially met with a ton of resistance, because it wasn’t traditional. I understand that “crash helmets” aren’t elegant, but eventually people accepted that perhaps some traditions should be forsaken to improve safety. I predict that is what will happen with hunter hair.
My aversion to stuffing all of my hair into my helmet has nothing to do with wanting to be a rebel, or wanting to look like a DQ in the hunter ring. It has to do with the fit of my helmet, and I will politely explain that to anyone who feels the need to tell me how I should be doing my hair.
Believe me, next time I am horse shopping, I will find something with enough blood for the jumper ring instead. So don’t worry, I won’t be making a scene for too long :encouragement:
