Breeches#Riding breeches
Riding pants are pants that are suitable because of cut and material for riding on horses.
Trimming
Breeches are characterized by either a trim on the inside of the knee ( knee patch ) from, or by an insert around the seat ( full seat ). This stocking protects the fabric, the buttocks and ensures a good grip. A knee patches can be made of leather, imitation leather or fabric. A full seat is made of either leather or synthetic leather. Good leather is very durable with proper care. Since it is hard when washing, it must be made supple after washing creamed or by rubbing, stretching or kneading. When an unknown synthetic fiber trim any statement about the durability is possible because high-quality imitation leather, which are virtually indestructible and sometimes even bi-elastic, but also inferior imitation leather with a low shelf life ( less than one season ) are commercially available, which can be different for anyone unfamiliar with hardly. Some leatherette grant such a good grip in the saddle that you can not cope sit down, once you are slipping. Some riders and riders prefer smooth dress pants with leather knee that slip on the saddle and allow freedom of movement in this way, others choose full seat pants that offer more support.
Material
In the summer riding pants are often made of cotton fabrics with a proportion of elastic synthetic fibers, such as spandex, used. Cotton pants are comfortable to wear, but often not long lasting. Artificial fibers are resilient and often very durable. Substances with rib pattern are usually robust. There are also riding pants that are modeled denim fabrics. In winter riding breeches made of softshell, corduroy and thermal breeches with full seat and ski pants are often used. In thermal breeches and ski pants but the contact with the horse worse, they are therefore more suitable for riding and less sporty jumping or dressage.
Section
All riding pants is a good fit is important. Another advantage is the possibility in the winter to wear long underwear. Depending on riding style and purpose, there are various sectional shapes.
Boots Breeches worn with riding boots or chaps. They are mainly cut from stretch fabrics and beinnah.
Breeches are cut wide at the thigh and are usually made of solid materials. There are also full leather breeches without trimmings also cut wide at the thigh. Very leather breeches when riding and hunting used in classical cavalry.
Jodhpur pants are mostly just cut and worn with boots. However, there is also a classic sectional shape with wide-cut thighs. A footbridge under the foot prevents slipping. The Jodhpur pants are used in recreational riding, trail riding, trail riding and horse riding gear.
Kentucky Jodhpurs are worn at American Saddlebred shows. You are lying, very long and have a ridge under the foot to prevent the trouser leg rides up. They will continue at the ankle and fit so the Jodhpur Boots. On the back of the leg is longer, so that the leg is longer acting.
For Western Riding Riding special jeans are used which have particularly flat seams on the inside. This often Chaps are worn.
History
Previously, breeches uncomfortable garments, because they were working very closely from conventional, rigid outer fabrics. In historical figures they look similar to today's Breeches made of elastic fabric. Breeches have a wide balloon from the knee to the waist and are tight fitting from knee to ankle, and are thus very comfortable. With the travel of Prince Albert, the future King Edward, after India Breeches put first in English and later in the entire European nobility through as comfortable riding pants and found in the first half of the 20th century in Europe as riding and breeches general distribution. They were 1910-1945 very popular in civilian and uniform area and were in agriculture and equestrian sports for women usual. Until then, women's trousers were unusual. With the advent of stretch fabrics around 1960 they returned in equestrian sport to the ancient sectional shape but without the old symptoms back.