PERMITTED GEAR & DRESS FOR PCAWA SHOW JUMPING AND EVENTING JUMPING RIDER SAFETY HELMET SHIRTS TIES JUMPERS WET WEATHER GEAR BADGE / DISK JODHPURS/BREECHES RIDING TROUSERS OR MOLESKINS BOOTS RIDER / DRESS A rider weighing more than 53 kilograms (8 stone 5lbs) dressed to compete, may not ride a pony 12.2 hands or under. Must be ASA / NZS 3838-2003 or PAS 015 (UK), ASTM F 1163 (USA), EN 1384 (Europe). Clip Fasteners to be clicked up securely. Helmet cameras will not be allowed at any PCAWA event. Long sleeved, in Club or Zone colour/s, fastened at the wrist and tucked in to waistband of jodhpurs. Sleeves must NOT be pushed/rolled up. To be in Pony Club or Zone colour/s. May not be taken off when jumpers are removed. V-Necked Sleeved (or Sleeveless) Jumpers in Club / Zone colour/s worn with Long Sleeved Shirt with Tie. Jumper must not be removed without permission of the Judge, Examiner or Coach. Long Sleeves must NOT be pushed or rolled up. Team Members, Pairs, must wear either matching Long Sleeved Jumpers or Sleeveless Jumpers over long sleeved shirts (unless in composite teams). Wet weather gear not to be worn without permission of the Judge, Examiner or Coach. Optional. To be worn on the "V" of the jumper. Beige, Bone or Fawn, (NO hipsters or low-rise). To be plain (No badges, ribbing or coloured stripes). Jodhpur Clips optional. Long socks are NOT permitted to be worn over jodhpurs. Fawn, Bone or Beige colour, the top of which shall be at the rider s waist (NO hipsters or low-rise) and the length of which shall be such that when mounted the top of the rider s boot shall be covered, permitted. English style riding boots with low heel, smooth sole in black or brown. No splits or holes, soles must be continued to heel - no half soles. Elastic sides must be firm, if stretched, use Jodhpur clips. Boots with zipper down front permitted. Short laced boots must either wear gaiters ensuring that the gaiters are covering the lace tieup or if wearing jodhpurs must wear Jodhpur clips to make sure their Jodhpur stay covering the lace tie-up and don't slip up. LEGGINGS / GAITERS SPURS JEWELLERY GLOVES HAIR MAKE UP BODY PROTECTORS GLASSES COMPETITOR NUMBERS OPEN RIDER DRESS Long laced boots (also called Field Boots) are to be laced in such a way that the laces will not be caught on any saddle, stirrup or girth fitting. Must match the colour of the boots. Must be polished leather on the outer side. Optional. If used, must be smooth metal, with a shank, which must be not more than 3.5cms long, pointing downwards to the rear and the end must be blunt in order to prevent wounding a horse. Straps must be correctly fitted with buckles to the outside. Spur Ends optional, must have one on each spur if used. Medic-Alert bracelets and chains must be taped leaving the disk exposed. Rings must be removed or taped. No other jewellery or body piercing permitted. Watches, Medic Alert Sports Bands, mouthguards and PCAWA Badges are permitted Optional. Must be neatly restrained. Long hair to be plaited to collar-length and restrained in a hairnet. The wearing of make-up is discouraged, Coloured Nail Polish not permitted. Optional. Prescription Spectacles permitted. Sun Glasses (Preferably Aus Std 1067, Cancer Council Approved), close-fitting and flat-wrap style permitted. RIDER - FRONT AND BACK NUMBERS (BIBS) must be worn for Eventing Jumping Phase. BRIDLE/ SADDLE CLOTH NUMBERS must also be worn for Eventing Jumping Phase. y horse) SHIRTS - Long sleeved, fastened at the wrist and tucked in to waistband of jodhpurs. Sleeves must NOT be pushed/rolled up. TIES Tie, Stock or Ratcatcher must be worn. JACKET Must be worn with Long Sleeved Shirt and Tie/Stock/Ratcatcher. Jacket must not be removed without permission of the Judge. Sleeves must NOT be pushed or rolled up. Service (e.g. Police Force) uniform permitted. JODHPURS - Beige, Off White, Light Canary or White, (NO hipsters or low-rise). Jodhpur Clips optional. Long socks are NOT permitted to worn over jodhpurs. OPEN RIDERS ARE BOUND BY THE SAME GEAR CHECKING RULES AS PCAWA MEMBERS, WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF OPEN RIDER DRESS
AGE DISCHARGE GENERAL HEALTH BLOOD HOOVES MANES & TAILS BRIDLE HORSE / PONY Must be 4 years of age or over. No discharge from Eyes and Nose No chronic cough. No swellings. The sighting of any blood (whether wet or dry) from anywhere on the horse, in particular the mouth, nostrils or spur area must be reported and checked by the Vet/Steward/Ground Jury/Chief Coach (whichever is applicable). To show evidence of recent care. Horse/Pony must have either: 4 Unshod Hooves OR Front 2 Hooves Shod, Back Hooves Unshod OR Back 2 Hooves Shod, Front Hooves Unshod OR All Hooves Shod. Manes and forelocks may be plaited. Tails to be pulled, trimmed or plaited. False tails permitted but must not have metal parts. SADDLERY Leather or Synthetic Fibre with matching Noseband. Micklem Bridles (Multibridles) allowed only with a snaffle bit. As per EA rules, no bit clips. BITS 1. Ordinary Snaffle with double jointed mouthpiece 2. Ordinary Snaffle with jointed mouthpiece 3. Racing Snaffle D Ring 4. Egg-Butt Snaffle (a) with cheeks (b) without cheeks 5. Other types of snaffles with cheeks 6. Snaffle with upper cheeks only 7. Rubber, leather, plastic or steel snaffle, jointed or un-jointed 8. Hanging Cheek Snaffle 9. Ordinary Snaffle with double jointed mouthpiece with lozenge 10. Ordinary Snaffle with double jointed mouthpiece French Link 11. Un-jointed wavy plastic or rubber snaffle (not steel) (a) with cheeks (b) without cheeks 12. Ordinary snaffle with rotating mouthpiece NB Bit No 11 can be used for Eventing Dressage ONLY. Double-jointed mouthpieces may have one roller or rotating middle piece in the centre section. Multiple rollers are not permitted. 12 ALSO PERMITTED BUT NOT PICTURED: Half-moon port-mouth curved mouthpieces Rubber or synthetic bit both jointed and unjointed Sweet Iron bit Crescendo Cherry Roller Wilkie Snaffle Dr Bristol
Copper Roller Dutch Gag / Pessoa Snaffle 3 Ring Dutch Gag / Pessoa 4 Ring Dutch Gag / Pessoa Peewee Myler Egg-Butt D ring Snaffle Bit with slots The check piece attaches to the top slot and the rein to the bottom slot, (this increases the leverage action) Kimblewick Bits - Can only be used with a Cavesson Noseband. Jointed Mouthpieces are NOT permitted. This variation of the Kimblewick has slotted bit rings. The original version of the Kimblewick Myler Kimblewick Pelham Bits - Can only be used with a Cavesson Noseband. Jointed Mouthpieces are NOT permitted. Half Moon Pelham Port Mouth Pelham Two loop Pelham More examples can be seen in the General Section of the Manual under Bridles/Bits. Rein Attachments & Roundings: Pessoa / Kimblewick / Pelham Bits A. With Two reins, or B. With a single rein attached to roundings, or C. B. C. With divided reins. Two reins may be used with single mouthpiece bits including the Kimblewick, Pelham and Dutch Gag / Pessoa Snaffle. BIT GUARDS, Permitted AUSTRALIAN CHEEKERS NOSEBANDS Cavesson Noseband Dropped Noseband Hanoverian (Flash) Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Crossover) Continental or Crank Noseband If a bit with a curb chain or curb strap is used, the only permitted Noseband is a Cavesson MARTINGALES Unrestricted running/bib Martingales, with rein and neck stops or Irish Martingales with rein stops are permitted SADDLE English Type (Fully mounted) of leather or synthetic fibre and it must have a Girth with a minimum of two buckles, OR a Girth with a single buckle and surcingle. Humane Girth must have surcingle BREASTPLATES / Permitted with the exception of Monkey Grips CRUPPERS / NECK STRAPS / MONKEY GRIPS SADDLE CLOTHS/NUMNAHS Must be in Club or Zone colours or White. All team members must have the same Saddle Cloths/Numnahs unless in composite teams. STIRRUP IRONS / STIRRUP LEATHERS ½ numnahs permitted in white, black, cream or club colours Stirrup Irons to be metal or carbon polymer but not plastic, wooden or aluminium. Stirrup Irons to allow 1cm minimum each side of the rider's boot at the broadest part, max 1.5cm.approx each side. Toe-Stoppers permitted. If used, must fit as for stirrup irons Stirrup safety bar clip must be turned down. Stirrup leathers must not be tied down or worn under the saddle flap Stirrup Treads use of stirrup treads is optional, but if used, they must be made of rubber, plastic, polymer or metal and be either silver, black or white.
WHIPS BANDAGES / BOOTS / BELL BOOTS General Purpose Whips must have a flexible flap or tassel, must not be weighted at the end, maximum length 75cm including flap. Loop Handles must be removed. Whip heads to be unadorned, i.e. no horse heads and smooth. Dressage Whips NOT permitted. Polar Fleece Bandages must be either stitched, or taped with a minimum of three (3) separate rounds of electrical tape. Polar Fleece Bandages are NOT recommended for Cross Country or Show Jumping. All Bandages must have padding and be either stitched, or taped with a minimum of three separate rounds of electrical tape. Bandages and tape not to be tight enough to cause pressure areas. Boots to be clean and correctly fitted fastenings at the outside, straps facing backwards. Taping of Boots is optional. Boots with metal loop-fasteners must be fitted and fastened correctly fastenings on the outside with straps facing backwards.
Précis Summary PLEASE NOTE: THESE PRÉCIS ARE QUICK REFERENCE TOOLS ONLY. THEY SHOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GEAR CHECKING MANUAL & MATRIX WHEN GEAR CHECKING. HORSES/PONIES MUST BE AMENABLE AND SAFE TO BE GEAR CHECKED NO RIDER/MOUNT COMBINATION MAY TAKE PART IN ANY PONY CLUB ACTIVITY UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY GEAR CHECKED INCOMPLETE or NO GEAR CHECK = NO START How to Find Gear Checking Rules online; Rules Reference Point Purpose Location PCAWA Gear Checking Manual PCAWA Gear Checking Précis PCAWA Gear Checking Matrix In-depth guide to PCAWA-compliant gear for all PCAWA activities. Rules here are binding. Summarised A4 sheet of rules pertaining to each discipline Summarised booklet with ticks and crosses for the use of gear across disciplines. PCAWA Gear Amendments Annual amendments to gear checking rules How to Find Gear in the Précis Pages; Method 1: Go to your relevant discipline/activity Method 2: Do a document word search Go to the Table of Contents (page 2). Look for your relevant discipline/activity page. Each précis presents summarised gear allowed in the order of Rider, Horse, Saddlery and Bits. Scroll up and down for the piece of gear you are looking for. If you cannot find the gear or item, try Method 2 and finally read the Gear Checking Manual. Gear is presented in the Précis Pages in the same order as in the Gear Checking Manual. Open the Précis.pdf document Go to the PDF browser and enter your piece of gear in the text search tool: The search tool will find all instances of the word you enter into the search tool. If you cannot find the gear or item, refer to the Gear Checking Manual. Even better, consult with your Chief Club Coach. Entering in a PCAWA event, Open Riders are bound by the same competition rules, codes of conduct and gear checking rules as PC Members. Full details of dress / saddlery rules can be found in the General sections of the PCAWA Gear Checking Manual, and relevant discipline pages. Any item of gear or equipment, or combination of gear and/or equipment, not specifically in this manual, précis, matrix or amendments is not permitted.