Stirrup help!

Dizzydancer

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So had an unplanned dismount out xc training and twisted my ankle as if got a bit stuck in the stirrup when horse went one way I went the other when Ironically because my air jacket went off as I already had one foot on te ground so would have been ok otherwise. However this is the second time I have fallen and twisted/trapped the same ankle in my stirrup so I want to avoid it happening again.

Any suggestions on what stirrups would be good for the job? Want something for safety that I can jump in.
At the minute the o my ones Iv found are the sprenger bow balance.
 
I'll have a look! Money is an object but at the same time I clearly have a weak ankle and a habit of leaving a foot in the wrong place and then have an injury so may well just have to spend £££ if it saves my foot lol
 
Love my Freejumps and most people who try them go on to buy them as they're very good. Horses for courses though, some people don't like them/don't 'approve' of them.

I don't understand how the Freejump can easily release the foot, maybe someone can explain.

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The coloured branch is not connected to the rest and is slightly flexible so will/should be pushed out of the way by your foot/body weight if you get hung up. I can video myself flexing the branches on mine if you'd like to see how much they flex?
 
I'm not 100% sure of the make, because we've had them for ages, but the ones we have on H's cross-saddle are the sort with rubber-covered chain-link sides, and they're very nice to ride in - nice bit of flex to cushion your ankles, and neither my sister nor myself have ever got a foot caught in them, despite a collection of falls over several years of use.

The other sort I have experience with are good old-fashioned simplex (aka bent-leg) irons, which are brilliant as soon as you've passed the week or two it takes to get the hang of consistent stirrup-retrieval when the outer edge of the iron is in a different place to normal. They also look smart and are very low-maintenance (not that the chain-sided irons are awful, but muck does get up inside the rubber chain-covers over time and it's a bit of a swine to get it out again).
 
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I love my JIN Evols. I have never had a problem with them and can vouch for no trapped feet (I have fallen off more times then I care to admit recently while getting used to a new horse)
http://www.jinstirrup.it/stirrups/evol.html

A few of my friends have the Lorenzini Titanium stirrups and they love them, however I have really tight achilles and calves and I find they force my heel down too much. But none of my friends have any problems with trapped feet when falling :)
http://shop.kentauraustralia.com/collections/lorenzini/stirrups-leathers
 
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