Correctly fitting breeches must first be comfortable to wear. The knee patches should be at your knees, the waist should not gap at the back and the seams at the calf should be below the knee. Breeches are available in many types of fabrics and styles. You should choose your breeches based on a few criteria.

First, what are you using these breeches for, showing or schooling? Show breeches usually come in a limited color variety. Proper horse show breech colors for hunters and equitation are usually beige, gray, and occasionally rust. Dressage riders compete in white. Color-coordinate your breeches to your show coat. Schooling breeches come in any number of colors, and may be worn with half chaps and paddock boots. Many horseback riders like to show their personality in their riding apparel while schooling their horses.

Secondly, you must consider what style you want your breeches to be, form fitting like tights, or looser like pants. Breeches are also available in low rise and regular rise. The rise is the distance from the crotch of the pants up to the waistband. Relaxed fitting breeches can be very flattering. We carry brands of breeches that can be tailored to improve how they fit. You can tell if your breeches can be tailored by turning them inside out. Extra fabric in the seams indicates that the breeches can be tailored. Breeches made from four-way stretch fabric usually cannot be tailored. Schooling tights on the other hand are always more form fitted and many are available in styles that pull on without a zipper. Comfortable fitting breeches for schooling your horse are the key.

Thirdly, what season will you be in these breeches? Do you need lighter weight for summer, or fleece for winter? Breeches come in cotton blends and synthetics. Though cotton breeches can be very soft and comfortable, synthetics and blends are far more efficient at wicking away perspiration. Some brands such as Irideon manufacture a fabulous windproof breech line available in beige for formal wear and black for schooling. We also carry long underwear designed to fit under breeches for an extra layer of warmth during fox hunting or a cold winter indoor horse show series.