How to roll up my 90• stirrups

[Equi]

So I got myself some new 90 degree stirrups (avacallo opera) which poke out a lot and twist the stirrup leather when storing. Am I going to have to take the leathers off after every ride to save them and the saddle?! Or is there a magic trick.

 

[Roxylola]

I just run them up but don't thread thru the stirrup so the stirrup sticks out a bit but it's not twisting my leather

 

[Equi]

I just run them up but don't thread thru the stirrup so the stirrup sticks out a bit but it's not twisting my leather

Problem with that is I can’t get my saddle cover on or they twist. Hmmmmm I wonder if I should cut a stirrup hole in the saddle cover

 

[Roxylola]

Oh mine still fit ok... Different cover? Mine are just fleece ones

 

[Landcruiser]

I have the same stirrups, and use Bates Webbers so they can't really run up anyway. I take mine off every time.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I have the same stirrups with stirrup covers and a saddle cover. I've not run into any issues. I can't describe for the life of me how I do it because it's rather automatic now and I'd have to look! All I know is that you don't need to take them off.

 

[Equi]

I have the same stirrups with stirrup covers and a saddle cover. I've not run into any issues. I can't describe for the life of me how I do it because it's rather automatic now and I'd have to look! All I know is that you don't need to take them off.

Do please take a pic next time if you can! I need some stirrup covers mine fell into a ripped over bottle of hoof oil.

 

[Fleece Navidad]

Stirrup covers and pop them over the saddle?

 

[Daiquiri]

Would oven gloves work? The joined up ones with pockets, not the mitten type

 

[Snow Falcon]

I was just going to suggest oven gloves. My friend uses a set for her stirrup irons as she has cheese grater style ones.

 

[Equi]

Stirrup covers and pop them over the saddle?

I thought of that, but then the stirrup bar flap would get bent and leather bent weirdly too. It’s all really soft leather. The leathers are already sitting in the shape of the saddle and they’re only new

 

[Dave's Mam]

I thought of that, but then the stirrup bar flap would get bent and leather bent weirdly too. It’s all really soft leather. The leathers are already sitting in the shape of the saddle and they’re only new

Can you post a photo?

 

[Equi]

Can you post a photo?

I’ll get one tomorrow if I remember

 

[CanteringCarrot]

I didn't take out my saddle today to look at how I do the stirrups but I do know that I have QHP stirrup covers that I quite like. I've also seen ones by Busse, BR, and Eskadron. You can find handmade ones too sometimes.

 

[Skib]

Am I going to have to take the leathers off after every ride to save them and the saddle?!

I have my own very soft leathers and Sprenger stirrup irons both of which I use on any horse I ride (RS or shares). So yes, my stirrups come off every time I ride. Between rides, I hang up the leathers (no stirrups) on the back of our cellar door and treat them with Effax leather balsam.

 

[Floxie]

I have the same stirrups, and use Bates Webbers so they can't really run up anyway. I take mine off every time.

Some webbers have a spare hole up at the top. Unfasten the T bar, run the stirrup up above the top hole, and put the T bar back in the top hole (some don't, mind)

Public announcement brought to you by the owner of the annoying combo of both Opera stirrups and Webbers

(I tried oven gloves once but they were too small for Opera stirrups)

 

[Squeak]

I take mine off every ride but only because my saddle makes it very easy to.

 

[Landcruiser]

Some webbers have a spare hole up at the top. Unfasten the T bar, run the stirrup up above the top hole, and put the T bar back in the top hole (some don't, mind)

Public announcement brought to you by the owner of the annoying combo of both Opera stirrups and Webbers

(I tried oven gloves once but they were too small for Opera stirrups)

Ah, yes I'd forgotten about that. Mine do - but it's more of a faff to unhook and rehook than it is to just slip them off the bars altogether, plus it means my saddle cover fits nicely. I have a big blue IKEA bag that I keep my girth, stirrups, bridle etc in,it has shoulder straps so it's easy to carry along with saddle.

 

[MuddyMonster]

Could you get stirrup loops that you can attach them to at the back or front of the saddle so they are out the way when carrying the saddle etc but don't need to be run up?

They worked well when I used caged stirrups.

ETA: Something like this https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/180...lyMDMFWjDrVMGXrckriZ-1yNdudwnFnEaAmS1EALw_wcB