Why shouldn't you ride in wellies?

[horsegirl]

It was always drummed into me that YOU DO NOT RIDE IN WELLIES and I find myself repeating this to others but now you get riding boots with tread on the bottom what is the thinking behind it?

 

[Hannahbone]

I do ride in my wellies never had a prob with them, but i only wear the ones with a little heel!

 

[Super_Kat]

Because it makes you look like a pikey.......

 

[LouHardwick]

PMSL!!!

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

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Because it makes you look like a pikey.......

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There is this reason! Also if your saddle is leather the rubber will mark it badly. Plus you dont get a very good contact with the horses side.

 

[horsegirl]

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Because it makes you look like a pikey.......

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But I might be a pikey already

 

[trundle]

Because they fall off when you do sitting trot without stirrups and then you look like a complete tit and have to walk across the school in your socks to fetch them back.

PMSL at Kat !

 

[Super_Kat]

In which case you will look like a scruffy pikey

 

[Rambo]

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There is this reason! Also if your saddle is leather the rubber will mark it badly. Plus you dont get a very good contact with the horses side.

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Not sure that holds true either tbh....there was a time when nearly all long riding boots were rubber too....people couldn't afford leather ones.

I think it's a rumour circulated by the 'proper' riding boot manufacturers personally

 

[horsegirl]

What even in a lovely pair of purple hunters?

 

[Super_Kat]

Yes even purple hunters. Now if they were pink ones it would be a dfferent story!

 

[Morrigan_Lady]

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Because it makes you look like a pikey.......

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There is this reason! Also if your saddle is leather the rubber will mark it badly. Plus you dont get a very good contact with the horses side.

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Not sure that holds true either tbh....there was a time when nearly all long riding boots were rubber too....people couldn't afford leather ones.

I think it's a rumour circulated by the 'proper' riding boot manufacturers personally

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Yea but the rubber riding boots have some sort of coating on that wellies dont have.

 

[Starbucks]

I ride in my pink hunter's all the time. I'm a jeans and wellies girl.

They do make your feet very cold in the winter time though!

 

[Smash]

I always thought it was because they were quite wide and could get stuck in the stirrup irons, although that probably applies more to those old dunlop things that are like wearing buckets rather than hunters etc.

 

[AmyMay]

You should never ride in wellies cos it looks NAFF!!!!

 

[happyhack]

I've got no decent boots at the mo so i'm riding out in my wellies and i dont care!!! lol!!

 

[YorkshireLass]

The danger of riding in wellies is that snotty types will think it looks bad. You know the sort, those with all the gear and no idea. Their gear is usualy bought by someone else.

As has been said, there are wellies and there are wellies. If the wellies are safe and comfortable, then there is no reason why not. Wellies are nice and cheap & waterproof.

You can ride in any footwear, except things like stilettos and flippers if you get a pair of stirrup cages like dapps.

It is actualy a good thing to look a bit pikey when riding. Other road users are nicer to you because you don't look stuck up!

 

[Stacie_and_Jed]

Think you may have started a catch phrase there! "All the gear and no idea" i will certainly use it.

As for riding in wellies i find them uncomfortable but thats just personal preference!

 

[Shilasdair]

Another reason - you don't want to attract rubber fetishists.
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[foxviewstud]

i use my hunter wellies as they are tight on ur leg so dont slip off and have the heel and are not wide lol

 

[Honeypots]

You shouldn't ride in wellies because of the chunky soles they generally have. If you fall off your foot won't slip out of the stirrup like they would if you are riding in riding boots which have a smoother sole...

 

[loobylu]

Another vote for Hunters here. Slim legged, narrow foot types are fine. There are far worse sins committed.

 

[kombikids]

GUILTY! i ride in joules dog print wellies so am the naff of naff naffiest pikey i guess! Dont alwys have time to change so sometimes combine it with jeans tucked in and a half brushed horse!!! Cant afford leather boots yet - horse costs too much - on the list to father xmas!

 

[Cop-Pop]

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Because they fall off when you do sitting trot without stirrups and then you look like a complete tit and have to walk across the school in your socks to fetch them back.

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Heels down!!

 

[isabella]

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GUILTY! i ride in joules dog print wellies so am the naff of naff naffiest pikey i guess! Dont alwys have time to change so sometimes combine it with jeans tucked in and a half brushed horse!!! Cant afford leather boots yet - horse costs too much - on the list to father xmas!

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snap i have purple joules dog print wellies lol no promblems so far (touchs wood very quickly

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[lexiedhb]

I thought it wasall about the grippy bits they have on the bottom, stopping them coming out of the stirrups if you fall..... all riding/joddie boots have really smooth soles........

 

[Persephone]

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Exactly!

 

[molehill]

Well i must be the biggest pikey out jojobah.I never usually have time to get changed from doing cattle,so just go out in jeans and wellies.

 

[Three]

You mean there are people out there who will overlook the baggy jods, holey t-shirt and green stained jacket to take notice of me in wellies?! Cool.....

 

[molehill]

Its great isnt it Three!!!