CROSS COUNTRY CHECKLIST
Before you leave home make sure you have all the kit you need
FOR YOU:
- Your riding Hat and silk (no peak) (tagged - this can be got from the secretaries tent if it is not)
- Cross country colours/shirt
- Medical armband - this is not compulsory but some people like to still have it.
- Riding Boots
- Jodhpurs
- Shirt to wear under your colours
- Gloves
- Whip (no longer than 75cm)
- Spurs - must be smooth and blunt (see page 56 for BE members handbook)
- Stop watch
- Your number bib (for your number)
- Water or Energy drink
- Body protector (Compulsory)
- Air Jacket protector (not compulsory)
- Laundry bag to put your dirty clothes in!
FOR YOUR HORSE:
- XC boots
- Overreach boots - if they wear them
- Saddle and girth
- Saddle pads
- Studs
- Breastplate/martingale - if they wear them
- Bridle
- XC bit
- Neck straps - for National Events only - FEI events they have to be attached
More checklists @ THE VAULT