What do I have to wear to compete, and when can the jacket go?

Dress rules apply when inspecting the course, competing and at prize-giving. The Ground Jury can refuse permission to start to an improperly dressed athlete.

Course inspection: neat and tidy, with riding boots, white or light fawn breeches, a long- or short-sleeved shirt with a white collar (long sleeves need white cuffs) and a white tie or choker.

Competing (Children and Pony Riders): a competition jacket or club uniform jacket (any colour, outward-facing buttons; a collar must be a lapel collar), white or fawn breeches or jodhpurs with boots that have a heel, and a white shirt with a tie or hunting stock.

Competing (other riders): the same idea: jacket, white or light fawn breeches, black or brown boots (other dark boots at the discretion of the FEI/EA) with a heel, a shirt with a white collar and a white tie or choker.

Weather: the Ground Jury may allow a waterproof coat instead of a jacket in bad weather, or riding without a jacket in very warm weather (shirts must still have sleeves, short or long).

Alternate dress: coloured polo shirts or windcheaters may be worn in special competitions by arrangement with the organising committee.

Source: Equestrian Australia National Jumping Rules, effective 1 January 2026, Art 207.2.