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Emma1703

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Can anyone recommend breeches/jods that come in a short length? And also won't break the bank!
I'm currently having to fold the end of them up that when I put my riding boots on I struggle to get the zip over my ankles ��
 
Emma1703 said:
Can anyone recommend breeches/jods that come in a short length? And also won't break the bank!
I'm currently having to fold the end of them up that when I put my riding boots on I struggle to get the zip over my ankles ��
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I'm interested in responses too! I'm having to buy kids jods (realise this isn't an option for everyone) - and although they are much cheaper, they are generally more decorative than I'd like and there are sooo many lovely pairs of jodphurs in adults sizes that are far too long for me :( when I fold mine over, I end up feeling like the circulation to my foot is cut off and it will drop off at any moment by the time my boots are on top :D
 
Such a nightmare isn't it:D
My ankles start hurting where they're trapped at an awkward angle. Need to grow a few inches!
 
Mark Todd's are definitely designed for those who are more vertically challenged, going by how short they are on me!
 
Even breeches are too long on me :( still have to fold them up once then do the Velcro up
The elasticated bottom one are better but still not ideal
 
Being vertically challenged also, I find the Dublin performance cool-it gel riding tights great. They are a great fit and although I still have to turn them up a little they are not thick. I am only 4' 11.............a midget really but have the curves, so children's ones are not an option for me. I have shortened other joddies so I don't have the excess material bulking the ankle area and as i wear long boots who see's the bottom bits anyway.
Boots are another story !!...........I have a pair of Kanyon boots great length for wee short pins, Mountain horse ones (thermolite) are also good.
Wish I had longer legs...........did think about getting them broken and having a llizarov frame (external fixation) applied, but the pain and suffering wasn't for me !!...joking. I really didn't know I was short until some nice people took great delight in telling me...duh
 
Never really looked for or found ones for short legs. I buy breeches which still tend to be a tiny bit long for me (5'4) but I can turn them up. The ones with thinner material at the bottom aren't too bulky. I've just bought some lovely HKM ones, Lauria Garelli from Equus - not cheap but lovely fit and fabric. If it's jodhs I've sewn them up or cut and sewn.

I do remember the mark todd breeches came up pretty short and didn't need turning up.

Elasticated bottoms don't work for me when you turn them up.
 
I find Rugged breeches are not too bad. I've got some thick cotton-style ones which after a year of washing are pretty much perfect, and some thinner nylon-y ones which I need to fold back but aren't at all bulky.
 
I'm short and use noble outfitters balance riding tights, bit more expensive but good quality and are comfortable.
 
Emma1703 said:
Can anyone recommend breeches/jods that come in a short length? And also won't break the bank!
I'm currently having to fold the end of them up that when I put my riding boots on I struggle to get the zip over my ankles ��[/QUOTE

I find that the riding leggings are generally shorter. Arion Equestrain do some nice ones-quite cheap to.
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