I’m back into showing after a loooooong hiatus. I’ve noticed more often now riders wearing white breeches in the hunter ring, more so on classic days. Is this a new trend/trend I never noticed before? I always had a pair of white breeches back in my junior jumper days but they were mostly only seen in the jumper classic rings. Is this maybe because these riders are also doing jumper classics and for convenience wearing their white breeches the whole day? I would love to crack out my white pair for the Sunday Hunter classic days at some shows I’m going to this year if this is a new trend/acceptable but I’m a traditionalist so I like sticking with what is the “norm” in the hunter world! Thanks for any insight!
That is usually the case when you see white breeches in the hunter ring, except for men who are wearing white breeches for classes that require formal attire.
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In the jumper ring, all genders wear white breeches for classics. In the hunter ring, traditionally men would wear white breeches and women would wear tan breeches and a shadbelly.
Note: you do NOT wear white breeches with a shad. It’s one or the either.
