jodphur boots-help!!

[Shadowfax]

I've been riding for about 3 months and I have a really cheap pair of rubber jodphur boots and half chaps. The chaps are fine, but after talking to some horsey friends I'm really worried about the boots! They keep talking about bineg trodden by horses! So I was thinking of buying a new pair of boots, maybe with steel toecaps. Can anyone give my some advice on what sort to get? Does it really help to have toecaps or would any pair that are good quality and strong do? Please help!! Thanks.

[tbone]

Umm. I have some big tall rubber cottage craft(the brand)boots but for some leather boots I recommened airots(probalay spelled wrong.) I have never heard of a hard toe thing on boots but its probalay an example of my ingnorance.

[galadriel]

Most riding boots (tall or short) have reinforced toes. If the rubber of your current boots is thick enough you may be fine. If you are taking lessons,v you should be able to ask your instructor what s/he thinks of your boots :) and make a recommendation if your current ones aren't suitable.

Getting stepped on is often not a big deal, as long as you aren't wearing paper-thin dress shoes. Your main thing, of course, is just to watch your feet.

[ponytude]

The wonderful days of shopping for boots. I remember not to long ago of searching for boots that where tall, metal shanks in the bottom and where*sniker* easy to get off. I Suggust you ask someone like your barn owner to see if you should get a new pair of boots. If you really need boots I suggust you look at A) local tack shop B) Green Hawk Tack Shop. They should carrythe boots you are looking for. good luck and happy shopping!!!

PONYTUDE

PS, check around our barn to others may be selling their old boots. Most of them are new but didnt fit or something. I agree with watching out for being stepped on. I never knew there was metal toed boots. I figure they would be to heavy. I have Boots with stell shanks in the bottom to help you keep the stirup form sliping?

[Mary Ann Bright]

Steel toe caps are not always as safe as they sound- I've heard of a person being steped on right at the edge of the steel part, which then bent around into their foot!

[Shadowfax]

Thanks everyone, I'll see what my instructor thinks at my next lesson.

[bexj]

Or you could try the lightning fast toe-curl reaction - handy if your horse is a bit clumsy where the foot lands. To be honest I don't think even the thickest boots would withstand 500kg of horse standing on it, otherwise they would be too thick and heavy to ride in!

[Lovecat]

Try Equitectors - they have both the steel toecap and the shank in the sole for stirrup control. I think they've got a website (www.equitector.com) but beware, they have nasty photos of toes that have been stepped on - it's not for the squeamish!

I have to say I only ride in relatively thin leather jodh boots - I just make sure I always watch where my feet are in relation to the horse's hooves! I've been stepped on once but thankfully it was more of an 'oops, there's something there, I'll move my foot' from the mare in question rather than an 'aaah, how comfy, I think I'll rest my entire bodyweight here for 10 minutes' so no lasting damage was done.

Cathy :D

[ponytude]

heres green hawks address: http://www.greenhawk.net/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/scstore/index2.html?L+scstore+ndhx9358ffeb3ceb+1060041723

there you go!

Good Luck!

PONYTUDE

[elise]

the boots i wear are steel toed jodpurs. and boy am i glad i got those, the first lesson i had the horse stepped on my foot. since then i've been stepped on twice both times in the same boots. i don't think it's a matter of life and death but it's kinda nice to have the steel toes and keep your toenails in the event of a misplaced hoof! mind you, the horse's weight is spread on all 4 hooves (most of the time) so you aren't getting the full weight of the horse on your steel boot. you can smash the steel toes, i have yet to do it. and they aren't any heavier than any other boots i own.

[jovi_y2k2]

i always wear muckers and half chaps which are just rubber around the feet to work and ride in, i just watch where i put my feet although I have been trodden on in the past only once was is bad enough to do more than bruising and that was with a very overweight cob with dinnerplate feet!!!

[ponytude]

:D I have been stepped on kicked in the heel(Both by accident) by my half leased horse. Boy he has huge hooves. Hes a TB part Draft.

[kyanya]

like elise, im thankful for my boots. I got trodden on by a great big lump (a horse) who didn't seem exactly enthraled by having to move his foot off mine. Sadly, the suadey outer came off the worst, and now instead of being black, the boot has a white shine to it by the toes.
so although harry hall reciefe boots are good for safety, they cant become a little ... battered looking.

http://www.rideaway.co.uk/catimages/JBOOREC.jpg
(in their new state here!)

i got trodden on again yesterday though, and i was only in trainers. luckily the horse moved its hoof straight away, and gave me a sheepish 'oops' look afterwards :D

[Kanuma]

getting troden on doesnt hurt that much i have 4 horses and i once got trodden on when i went out to do the ponies in my slipers (i couldnt be bothered finding boots, socks etc) hurt but nothing was broken or permanantly damaged. and befor everybody has a go at me i know it wasnt the wisest thing to do and the horse weighed 742kg (measured on a weighing bridge v. exact).

[Wild_Fiesty]

I was stepped on by a Belgian gelding (17.1 hh not to mention), kicked in the heel numerous times by my Thoroughbred, stomped on by a pony and the list goes on. I wear show boots (Used them in show once, but they're used as all purpose boots for me), half-chaps and jodhpurs, and they do fine. They have lasted me a year and still are going great. I keep them in good condition usually.