Help? stirrup sizes?

y03mylers

y03mylers

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Hi, i am about 9stone, 5ft 6' and footsize 5 to 6(UK) Any idea what size stirrups i'd need. I want to get some safety stirrups for riding new loan pony, but i would have to go down to the store to try sizes, would prefer to get them online. Any info appreciated, thanks x
 
What sort of boots do you ride in? If you only ever ride in narrow Konigs, you might need smaller stirrups than someone who normally rides in Muckboots ! I would stand on a ruler, wearing your boots, and see just how wide you need them to be. i have always been told to allow at least half an inch each side of your boot, so that it will easily come clear if you should fall.

My yard boots are wider and chunkier than my Ariats, so i made sure that when i bought new stirrups, that they fitted my yard boots safely.
 
They are mountain horse boots. I'll try get a link to them to see if anyone can help me out. They are always left at the yard and i'm not going to the yard until saturday and would like to order stirrups asap as at the moment bucking at 90mph would probably be safer without stirrups lol :rolleyes:
x

http://www.robinsons-uk.com/product...arentGroupCode=0103&groupCode=01304#sku.16207
It's the ones at the bottom right. 'stable groom mucker boots'
 
It does depend on which boots you are wearing, Gruntfrottock is right.
But it also depends on the stirrup style.
I think the spring ones with rubber shields on the bars (Sprenger and similar) come out smaller, since part of the width is taken up by the rubber. I know I need a quarter inch wider in those.
And another maddening thing when buying German stirrups is the conversion between metric and inches which isnt exact.
 
I went into my local tack shop and tried them. I wore the boots I ride in and made sure I had enough of a gat each side and then bought those - 5 inch for me.

Of course you could try measure the width of your boots and then adding on a bit so you have the gap.
 
Echo what JC and GF said about taking your boots to the shop or measuring them. Mountain Horse boots are pretty wide compared to other makes - I got 5" stirrups for size 41 High Riders. (I got them at HOYS - had to pinch a boot from a different stand to check the size, lol!)
 
oh dear, i'll just have to go to Robinsons tonight or tomorrow then. and i really didn't want to go horse shopping again lol:rolleyes:
Everytime i go to robinsons i seem to come back with a phone number for a new horse. Mother won't be too happy :eek: lol x
 
molly34 said:
Echo what JC and GF said about taking your boots to the shop or measuring them. Mountain Horse boots are pretty wide compared to other makes - I got 5" stirrups for size 41 High Riders. (I got them at HOYS - had to pinch a boot from a different stand to check the size, lol!)
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I have Mountain Horse wide-fitting boots, and they're 4 1/2 " wide, I've just measured them. So I reckon I need to look for 5 1/2" stirrups. My present ones are 5 3/4", and my feet get stuck.
 
You need to be able to get roughly half an inch clearance each side between the iron and your boot, any less and your foot could get jammed in it and any bigger and your foot can slip through and in the event of a fall with either of the mentioned things happening you could be dragged along the ground if the stirrup leather doesn't release from the stirrup bars on the saddle. Another reason NEVER to have the "thumbs" up on the older style stirrup bars as they don't get oiled or moved very often and can seize up, therefore not releasing the stirrup leather just when you need it!
I see alot of children on their ponies with the "thumbs" up and try to tell them not to for their own safety.
So, to re cap, measure underneath the widest part of your boot where it will sit in the stirrup iron, if say the measurement is 4.5" just add one inch on to get the right width stirrup iron, it doesn't matter how much you weigh, how big you are, what size feet you have, what day of the month it is, what colour jods you are going to wear!
ITS the measurement under the boot that is important.
Oz :)
 
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