How pathetic!

[MizElz]

I've been riding with my stirrups far too long for the past few months - the leathers have stretched, my silly brother lost the hole puncher and I couldnt afford to buy a new one

Well I finally found some old leathers stashed away last night, so put them on and had them four holes shorter than my stretched ones.......and MY GOD! did my legs ache last night!

What is really embarrassing is the fact that if they hurt that much after just one schooling session, how badly must I have been riding for the past year, if my muscles hurt that much when riding 'properly'?

 

[Cop-Pop]

I have the same prob - I ride with my stirrups long anyway so when I have to shorten them for jumping my legs always ache really badly afterwards

 

[Geraldine]

I'm the other way around - I ride with them a bit too short. Comes from my days of trying to make it as a jockey.

 

[MizElz]

Oooh you mad person! I can remember from my pony club days, all the instructors ever yelled at me was 'Put your stirrups up!!!' I suffer from severe balance issues

 

[Geraldine]

It has been mentioned that I may be a sandwich short of a picnic!!!

I feel a bit more secure that way, I just don't like them at the correct length.

 

[MizElz]

Ah well, I was always told too short was 'better' than too long - so you're better off than I am, lol!

My picnic's not quite complete, either.

 

[Ziggy_]

I've always ridden with mine too short, to give you an idea... they are still on the short side now, i have instructors telling me to put them down two holes - well I used to ride with them 5 holes SHORTER than this!!!

how I wish I could see some pics!

 

[PeanutButterDragon]

I prefer long stirrups as it feels like I can feel more of the horse and give gentler squeezes that way. Instructor always puts them up 2 holes at my weekly lesson!

 

[kazs]

i prefer long stirrups, short ones seem to make me over balance.

 

[asbo]

i ride short, if i put them down even one hole i fel like i am about to come off

 

[JenniferB]

I just punched two extra holes in each of mine - they're progressively getting shorter! Used to ride ridiculously long - my current instructor got them hitched up a bit, then I had a lesson with Peter Murphy and he hiked them up further, and having spent every weekend until recently since the turn of the year (or so it felt like) riding out point to point horses my strrups are now aspiring to be jockey style. Oh if only I had the bottle to ride in points...