Squeaky boots/saddle!!!

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Today little cobby mare and I had our first schooling sesh for a while, and I wore my lovely new HKM brown leather field boots. Had a pootle round in walk, then moved up into trot and there was this awful "SQUEAK-ee SQUEAK-ee SQUEAK-ee SQUEAK-ee" :eek: Little mare shot forwards and turned into a coiled spring, and didn't relax at all even after I swapped into my (quiet) saggy old Toggi yard boots :( B*llocks.
Saddle is synthetic, a Thorowgood T4, I've had it for 7 months now. I normally ride in my mountain horse short boots and battered old leather chaps, or Toggi Canyons. I've never ridden in this saddle with smooth/shiny long leather boots on!
Is there anything I can put on my boots to stop them from squeaking and squawking on my saddle??! Or is this justification to treat myself to a lovely new leather saddle? ;)
 
Leather saddle! I had this with my leather show boots when I had a synthetic dressage saddle at the time... Ditched the saddle and have an ideal saddle now. Either that or try one with suede ?
 
Rub a little neat glycerin saddle soap onto the calf of your boots, stops the squeaking and makes them a bit more grippy. Oh, and never clean the calfs of leather long boots with anything other than water (and some non polishing/shiny leather conditioners) otherwise the squeaking starts all over again :D
 
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