1.) Riding essentials breeches by riding sport
Light tan
32L (I will never live in Italy or Europe. Y'all make me feel fat.)
Holy moly long is right. I'm 6ft tall, and these go down almost to my ankles (you can see in the picture of the knee patches). Don't let the pictures fool you, they don't bunch up like they look like they do. I just decided last minute to put my socks and boots on so they ended up getting screwed up and I didn't care to fix them. I don't know what it is with me ONLY getting high waisted breeches. I actually hate how they look (except my Ashley's) on me. These are a lot thinner than my other breeches are, but I think that'll be a relief in the summer. Honestly, with as crazily high waisted as these are, I'd probably prefer just using them for schooling where I don't have to tuck my shirt in... But they'd be fine for shows too.
You can also see my new SSG gloves!
2.) SSG slip on gripper gloves
Black
Medium
Overall, I love these gloves! They're the perfect length and thickness, so they can easily be used year-round. I like how they look, except at the ends of the fingers where the stitching is. The stitching makes the fingers a little boxy at the ends, so you can't use your phone or whatever. I did put it through the iPhone/otterbox test and managed to unlock my phone with no issues, but I couldn't text at all. So I guess you could answer a call but that would be about it. The palms are SUPER grippy, but not in a bad way. Honestly I love the look of their other gripper gloves better, but they weren't on sale so they'll probably be an eventual upgrade so these won't get stretched out.
3.) All purpose brushing boots by woof wear
Black/black (the white and black/royal blue WILL BE MINE.. Eventually)
Medium and let's pray they fit
As much as I really didn't want these, I like them. The Velcro is REALLY impressive, it's a great high quality super sticky Velcro that gives you that satisfying noise when you tear them apart. The impact guard things aren't as hard as they look, they feel like just more layers of the neoprene with a slightly harder shell. The neoprene is THICK. I'm really nervous to use these in any kind of heat, but we'll see how it goes. (Reasons I was holding out for Roma boots part 1...)
White
Dressage size
Dover fudged this whole part of my order up. This was SUPPOSED to be the riders international dressage pad that was on sale, but the day I ordered it it totally disappeared from the website and out of my cart so I settled for this. Then I open it and it has a black stain on the trim over the withers on the spine already! Kinda mad about that. Hopefully it'll look ok on the beasts. For the life of me, I could not find any pictures of this pad's thickness or of it on any horses on google. I literally almost didn't buy it because of that, so I posted a bunch showing texture (the inside is like a cheap fleece type fabric) and thickness and stuff. I'll post pictures of it actually on the beasts when I can get out there, for any of you considering buying this pad. It actually looks about as thick as my classics III pad, and seems to be decent quality, so I'd probably reccomend it even though it wasn't my first choice..
5.) rider's international quilted cotton pad
White/white (and I didn't get my monogram that I wanted. Grr)
All purpose
Oh hey look my phone decided to start taking decent quality pictures again. How nice. This pad scared me to buy. Callie got their lite pad, and it's paper thin and just awful, so I was scared about the thickness of this one. I'm actually really happy with it! The trim kinda sucks, you can see where they overlapped it and stitched it on the back right side, but that's not a big deal. No stains on this one, thanks, Dover. It's not as bright white as the dressage pad is, it's sorta like an off-white 'I left the notebook paper in the sun too long' white. Again, it's about as thick as my Classics III pad. It doesn't have the weird felty underside like the warendorf pad does. I love the cut of it, it's shaped perfectly even for saddles with a more forward flap. This is the only pad I have with Velcro billet strap keeper things. Whatever the technical name for them is. I don't know how I feel about that yet... They're really long, which is good, (the one thing I hate about my classics III pad is how short the keepers are) and the Velcro SEEMS to be pretty decent quality.. Not near as impressive as the woof boots though!
6.) korsteel eggbutt style full cheek snaffle (with keepers)
Super shiny (probably stainless steel)
5"
Okay I love this bit. I got it from www.saddlesandmore.com (the lovely owner is a member of HGS and was kind enough to tell me she had a bunch of bits for sale) and it's super duper shiny. Not my ideal copper double jointed bit, but it's lovely anyway! It was a steal: I got for $25, and I screwed up with the keepers. I didn't realize how incredibly dark my freaking crown bridle is and it makes the chestnut keepers look like pumpkins. They're fine for schooling and riding around here, but they're going to bother me until I break down and replace them with some darker ones. I might see if I can talk the Amish guy down the road into matching the color for me... Hmm.. Anyway, the bit itself is curved A LOT to make it easier on the horses' mouths and I'm getting a lot better with putting bits and reins on so yay!
(Aw and I think I just put it on upside-down too...)
6.) Stübben eggbutt snaffle
Shiny shiny (again probably stainless steel)
5"
YAY I'M ADDING TO MY STÜBBEN COLLECTION! Now I have a bit, AP saddle, 2 sets of irons and pads for said irons. Still totally obsessed. I got this bit from saddles and more as well, for the same price as the full cheek bit I posted a above with a link to the site. It's SO SHINY. It's curved too, but not as dramatically as the full cheek is. I've been saying I was going to get an eggbutt for about 4 years now, and I FINALLY got one! Again, no copper and no double jointed mouthpiece, but I'll survive because it's a stübben product. Is that a bad thing? No, I don't think it is.
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