I got out my dressage saddle and realized I need new stirrup leathers. It’s been ages. Who has bought some semi-recently and can save me a bunch of research? Higher-end, leather, nice buckles that are easy to adjust, close hole spacing, long length. (I’ll go measure, I’m 5’5" but apparently most of it is in my femur and I remember buying long ones last time.)
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I like the calfskin ones over a nylon core and have been very happy with Prestige and Antares. Both are (or were) available at SmartPak.
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I love my Prestige ones.
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Also satisfied with my Prestige leathers.
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Single layer, leather from Bates. Prestige also makes nice ones.
Here’s the link - https://www.smartpakequine.com/pt/prestige-stirrup-leathers-8618
FYI - I bought the 57” ones for my dressage saddle, and have a 30” inseam.
They’re not leather, but I love my Wintec Webbers. Having no buckle under my thigh isn’t something I thought I would notice, but it makes a difference. They won’t stretch and they’re super lightweight to go with my composite stirrups.
Similar styles are made in leather as well.
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I really like Bates leather webbers, but I’ve been riding some really wide horses and didn’t want anything extra under my leg! I like the one that have a nylon core and if you can find half holes–those are the best. Unfortunately the Bates leather webbers do not have half holes.
Total saddle fit flat.
I found some really nice leathers at Bit O’ Britain some years ago. . . they are somewhat narrow but high quality. I find I like half hole leathers. . . sometimes, I need to make smaller adjustments than the regular spaced holes allow. I tried webbers once and quite liked them except. . . they don’t come in half-hole styles.
Would synthetic Wintec leathers be hard on the saddle leather? The reason I aske is because I trail ride in an Aussie and I replaced the wide bar stirrups and wide leathers with Wintec synthetic leathers and regular fillis stirrups and it seemed to rub the finish off the saddle flaps.
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I have my Webbers covered. My old leather stirrup leathers were very rough and scratched my saddle so I bought knee-high socks, cut off the foot, and sewed the tops like a sleeve to slip on. They’ve been on the Webbers since I bought them so I don’t know if they would rub or not.
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For those of you who have the Prestige leathers, are they kind to your saddle? I just bought a new saddle and am looking for new leathers that won’t scuff it too much.
Yes. They are calfskin covered and will “play nice” with your saddle.
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Yes. Very minimal marking on my Fairfax and Amerigo.
I love love my wintec synthetic leathers. No bulk under the leg. But I recently purchased a new saddle that has a lower stirrup bar than my current saddle. I recently purchased Kieffer half-hole leathers for that saddle that needs to be fit to my horse before I ride in it again.
Seriously, I I have ridden in Wintec leathers since forever but they do not work with the current saddle’s stipput bar placement.
You do know the wintecs come in various sizes ? So perhaps you just need a shorter size…
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Could be. I have ancient old shorter size ones and I could test if the stirrup holes are offset from each other. It’s weird that a hole size make such a difference! But then again, this newer saddle throws my position out of whack so much because it really needs to be adjusted to my horse.
But I do now have this fancy set of Kieffer half-hole leathers…
