Thank you! 
Iāve had that trouble with many western saddles with Blevins buckles. The stirrups just wonāt go short enough for my legs. My synthetic Big Hornās stirrups did, and even went one hole shorter, for my niece!
Iāve also wrapped English leathers for little kids riding big horses when they didnāt have access to ponies.
I know how you feel! I live in a senior apartment building so we all have all sorts of grab bars in our bathtubs. Even with those, though, Itās a lot of work to get up from a nice soak in the tub after an even nicer session with the lesson horse. But at least when Iām holding onto a grab rail I donāt feel like my hands are going to slip like I have sometimes felt when all I had to steady myself was the side of a tub and the tiled back wall.
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For those that need shorter fenders, try junior ones, is what fits my shortie 26" inseam.
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I have even thought about looking for a step ladder with a hand rail, if it wouldnāt spook the horse, and if it would stand steady in the arena footing. My days of climbing onto the hoods of cars to mount are long gone ā even if todayās car hoods were as strong as Buick Wildcatsā.
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That has nothing to do with the type of buckles, but the length of the fenders. There are fenders for shorter legs, which it sounds like you need.
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Eyyy, I am also part of the short-legs brigade. I am a small adult so I need large youth stirrups most of the time. I just got youth fenders on my saddle because I prefer the feel of them in jeans (English leathers + my legs = so much pinching).
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Thank you all for your feedback!
I am still picturing western saddles with English leathers and stirrups and really, really wanting to try that just to see how it looks and works.
