Child safety stirrups - please help...

[Fiona]

I've been doing some measuring and the stirrups I had in teens and twenties were 4.5 inch... Current sprengers are 5 inch.

Have looked at son's and there is not quite 1cm either side in his 4.5 irons so I'm sending his new ones back to exchange for 4 and 3/4...

He's only got size 12 feet though. I'm quite surprised. .

Fiona

 

[Lanky Loll]

As I said in a previous post I refuse to use bent legs for my RDA group, they're not safe enough imho. I use standard irons and leather toe stoppers. My II instructor hates them too...



I was in a flatwork lesson when it happened, no idea why but one iron ended up wedged onto the laces part of my Ariat long boots. They're not that narrow width wise, am a seven foot size, and stirrups were the 4.75 width. One of those things but I had to stop and forcibly remove it with my hands.

Sounds unlucky then but nothing is infallible after all. I can understand the toe stop preference for smalls and/or RDA but not sure you'll persuade the SJers etc, but they seem convinced free jumps are safety stirrups

 

[OldNag]

Mine used to have Composti plastic cage fronts....

http://www.compositi.be/en/type-produit/matrix-3/

Fell off loads and never a problem.