Thanks everybody for the posts ....yes, this is for Walnut Hill and, yes, they do check! Walnut Hill also does a Traditional Day of Driving in June and they review everything. In order to be competitive, everything has to be in place and neat/tidy. We've also gone to Lorezo and they always check the entire kit prior to the marathon.
Thus, my desire for a cotton sheet to be less bulky. I've seen a couple of different styles ...one with Zilco in Europe that attaches behind the saddle but I think for the Minis, I might prefer one that goes over the harness, has what looks like velcro snaps that attach to the top of the neckstrap on the breastcollar, then also have holes for the turrets and attach there as well, ending with a strap around the buttocks, under the tail.
This is just way too complicated for me to attempt to sew ...I can hardly even do buttons! Star Lake is offering to make me one but is asking for pictures. So, I've found a couple of pictures on the 'net but if anyone can suggest any other links that have good detail, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks so much.
Cindy
Ok, as I am USUALLY in favor of most ADS rules because they USUALLY have a basis in safety or tradition, or something, this is one case where I think it is absolutely silly to have to go through all this work to have a quarter sheet or cooler in JUNE or AUGUST! Who in their right mind uses one then
(with the exception of those freak days where it MIGHT be a bit cooler and rainy...)? When they cool horses down at a CDE, they sure aren't applying a sheet on them! Coolers are for "cooler" days when you don't want the horse to get chilled after a workout! I can see the rules saying "have a cooler if the weather dictates it". Maybe this is a question for Jeff Morse, chair of the PD committee. It's one thing to have to carry a cooler on a big horse turnout, but where do most VSE carts have to put one? So then you end up with a "not really a cooler" cooler, just to satisfy the points.
Luckily, I have a "spares box" under my seat in my Phaeton Cart, so I could put mine there. If you have a Jerald-type cart, where do you go with it?
This would be just like the competitors wearing a thick wool coat in the summer. How many times have I heard judges say, "dress for the weather!" (Ok, dress for the weather in England, not our 90 degree days here, where we would be wearing shorts and a tank top...
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(I know Leia is rolling her eyes at another silly PD rule...
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But I guess I have been to a pleasure show in the snow last year. The middle of May in Northern Wisconsin had a 35 degree day with rain that turned to snow the night before...we didn't clip the horses before that show, so they were fine, but we wore winter coats over our show clothes. See below. Sun came out a little and the snow had melted, but the wind was fierce.
(Another silly rule is the reflectors for dressage and cones! Who is going to run into you that has headlights in a dressage arena?
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Myrna (Ok, off the soap box, back to your regularly scheduled topic...
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p.s. WAIT! I know, we can leave that rule in, and I can make some $ sewing mini size coolers and quarter sheets that FIT in Jerald carts somewhere! What was I thinking complaining about that rule, it could be a full-fledged business opportunity!
Ok, NOW back to your topic...