Recommend long competition boots and do you find spur rests rub?

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Hi, I have just got a pair of ariat v sport boots for Christmas and the spur rests are quite hard plastic. Has anyone had problems with these rubbing their horses sides?
I did have the mountain horse sportive high rider II, can you please recommend a once new competition pair?
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I've never known spur rests to rub. They'd have to be pretty big to rub when your leg is correct surely? Obviously they might if you turn your toe out as if to put a spur on.

No experience of the Ariat V boots you refer to but my daughter has Airat Volant boots with the rear zip which she says are fabulous. The spur rest on those seems quite small now I come to look at it - and is detachable anyway because of the rear zip. I don't compete any more but I do ride in my Grassmeres. I've never had any problems with the spur rest on those which does seem larger than the Volant.
 
The boots I got for Christmas have large plastic spur rests, one on the inside of boot and one on the outside. Sorry I didn't make it clear. The spur rests at the back of the boots I'd have no problem with :-)
 
Tnavas said:
They will only rub if you ride with your toes turned out and are over using your leg.
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Many boots have them on the side of the boot .and the some have ones on the back the size of a small spur .
There a absolutely no need for them if your spurs are the correct size for you .
 
I have had this happen and they were Ariats, we resolved it by cutting them off carefully. However, the reason for it was a bit strange, the horse developed a reaction to stainless steel and weals developed everywhere it touched him, overnight as it happens, he lost skin where the bit rings ( not the mouth that was salox) and where his martingale ring touched his chest. Whilst they all healed up eventually - we left him off work for eight weeks the skin was sensitive and the spur stop on the inside of the boot rubbed, he was slab sided so unless you lifted your leg off him it was in contact with his side. It all healed up eventually and my new pair of boots did not do this but I imagine if your horse was very sensitive it could happen.
 
Yes, the spur stops that are either side of the heal can rub. I don't know why spur stops have become so popular with the bookmakers. They aren't necessary and, on many boots, they make the spur too high and at an incorrect angle.
 
oldvic said:
Yes, the spur stops that are either side of the heal can rub. I don't know why spur stops have become so popular with the bookmakers. They aren't necessary and, on many boots, they make the spur too high and at an incorrect angle.
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Most people I see have their Spurs too low. They should sit at your ankle not on your heel. On the heel they become serious weapons, especially with riders who can't keep their heels down.
 
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