Best jodhpur boots for wide feet?

[Gotthebugagain]

Hello, am looking for recommendations for the best jodhpur boots for wide feet please. I have wide feet and have also just been diagnosed with a Morton's Neuroma (basically a nerve in my foot is being pinched) so I really need to find some decent wide boots. Alternatively, is there an actual shop in London or the south east where you can try riding boots on? Thank you

 

[Snow Falcon]

My feet resemble boats, always had wide feet. Current jod boots are Brogini.

 

[Nicnac]

I have duck billed platypus feet. Have just bought a pair of Bareback equestrian short boots. Brilliant! Have taken inner sole out which I do with all new boots.

 

[Zuzan]

Tuffa are good too

 

[Nudibranch]

Mine are EEE and I have 4 screws in one foot. I only buy Toggi these days.

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I have had 2 x Morton's neuroma dealt with by steroid injections in 2018. I've got very broad deep feet, and i wear Ariat boots, when things were very bad I wore the Telluride zip boots with half chaps, then switched back to the Ariat Devon pro jodh boots with gaiters.
These days I'm usually in Bromonts, till the ground dries up a bit!

 

[Gotthebugagain]

Thanks everyone - off to check all of these out!

@The Fuzzy Furry I've looked at Ariat before as apparently they do wide sizes but can only find them in mens (and therefore too big for me) - apparently only men are allowed to have wide feet

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Thanks everyone - off to check all of these out!

@The Fuzzy Furry I've looked at Ariat before as apparently they do wide sizes but can only find them in mens (and therefore too big for me) - apparently only men are allowed to have wide feet

I find the ladies fit my fat feet, I just go up a half size x

 

[blitznbobs]

I buy men’s… simples

 

[sbloom]

I have Ariat Barnyards but they're only moderately wide. If I go up a size I find it takes the widest part for the ball of my foot further forwards so I get pinched anyway, so be careful with that.

Have a read up on barefoot shoes and transitioning to them (don't just put them on and wear them), there's so much you can do to strengthen feet (look up a biomechanist called Katy Bowman) and then keep them strong, with better proprioception and therefore it benefitting your body, in barefoot or at least minimal shoes. When you're not riding of course

 

[rextherobber]

I've got Harry Hall Recife boots, great, very hard-wearing, and comfortable

 

[Mrs G]

Gotthebugagain - I feel your pain (quite literally)! Im currently looking for new boots for the exact same reason. Currently have Toggi calgary (long boots) which I have loved and were always comfy but now I get pain within half an hour of wearing them. Im hoping another steroid injection will help (had one earlier in the year) but I too have heard I might have to go for mens boots so good to hear other suggestions.

 

[sbloom]

Just seen these mentioned in a barefoot thread, again worth a look as part of the solution https://naturalfootgear.com/products/pedag-metatarsal-pads

 

[Annagain]

I'm a long boot wearer but Toggi's the way to go for my wide feet. I did have some Harry Hall Recife jodhpur boots a long time ago and they were good too.

 

[mariew]

I have wide feet and went through this recently. If you have big calves then the brogini Winchester ones were really good (the laced ones) but too baggy in the size I would need. I ended up with toggy Calgary in a size or two bigger than normal. Ariats were all pointy toes and narrow, even the men's.

There were no short boots that suited me. Your best bet is to go and try a pair on.

 

[mariew]

I wish one of the companies would come up with a pair of shoes that fits a normal foot shape, rather than squishing everything together (big toes are not supposed to be angled inwards!)

 

[sbloom]

I wish one of the companies would come up with a pair of shoes that fits a normal foot shape, rather than squishing everything together (big toes are not supposed to be angled inwards!)

Barefoot and minimalist shoes for non-riding, and then you can squish them when you need to eg for riding or any other sports (or even a night out in heels). Though of course ultimately better shaped riding boots would be better. I would say that a wider toe is slightly harder to get into a stirrup if you lose it, and a very wide toe, as the extreme barefoot shoes are, may be more likely to get stuck in extreme situations. Sorry for evangelising, it's really interesting when you get into it!

Oh and Ariat Performers (are they still called that?) are pointy, but the Barnyards and similar models are slightly wider in toe shape, though probably not much wider in the ball of the foot.

 

[mariew]

I kind of agree although I would prefer a yardboot with a barefoot shape that could take a beating and are a little sturdier to protect your feet from hooves. I am suspecting the true barefoot shoes wouldn't last two minutes for proper yardwork although happy to be proven wrong!

 

[sbloom]

I kind of agree although I would prefer a yardboot with a barefoot shape that could take a beating and are a little sturdier to protect your feet from hooves. I am suspecting the true barefoot shoes wouldn't last two minutes for proper yardwork although happy to be proven wrong!

The trouble in part is that they need to be flexible to allow full foot function. Anya's Reviews has a section on workboots, and her group on FB currently has a blacksmith (not fattier) asking about boots that can stand up to his work. There are even steel toe caps (Birkenstock!) now but ultimately I always think a sturdy leather boot can be better as the cap can be crushed onto the metatarsals.

 

[outdoor girl]

I'm in a pair of Dublin joddi boots which are lovely on my wide feet.