You know whats funny… the boss got after me yesterday about my stirrup length. So I dropped them 2 holes. (On these leathers the holes are close so wasn’t too too much)
Today I am jumping Bodie through some big grids, with the same length stirrups and my lower leg was horrible. All over the place, the weight isn’t dropping…etc etc. You name it, I mention my lack of prowess with the new stirrup length and she jumps up and says, “Oh that was just for flatwork. You can put them back up… but just 1 hole.”
grrrrrrrrr O…K… (Deep breath you own a house and need to pay the mortgage)
So I get one hole back and things get better.
So no, I would say that I am perfectly comfortable with the stirrup length you see in the pics.
The “reaching” you might be seeing is a habit I got at the track… I adjust my toe to the correct place on the stirrup pad frequently, while galloping, jumping etc… Why? B/c at the track those horses could flip over in no time, and being pinned is a very bad thing!! 
~Emily
PS: No prob for Sat. I can’t make it anyway.
