What stirrups do you currently use for eventing? Also how do you help ankle pain? I used to hyper flex my ankles really bad when I used to do fair locally.
I found that the wider track stirrups make it harder to put my heel down. Might be worth trying a pair. Of course, YMMV.
I use the ones with the grey rubber on the sides - I guess they are jointed. Not the uber expensive ones - I get mine from Dover for I think $40.
They do make a difference, for me at least.
Royal Rider stirrups are great. I used to have knee pain, and that went away! I used to ride in your basic flex stirrup, so happy I have my RR’s now.
Got a pair of Jins for Christmas, no idea how they are yet… haven’t jumped all winter, but my friend borrowed my saddle for two weeks and said the Jins were great!
Royal Rider stirrups are great. I used to have knee pain, and that went away! I used to ride in your basic flex stirrup, so happy I have my RR’s now.
Got a pair of Jins for Christmas, no idea how they are yet… haven’t jumped all winter, but my friend borrowed my saddle for two weeks and said the Jins were great!
I have Compositi stirrups, just the basic ones. I found that they aren’t helping much at all like they had for others. I rode in jointed stirrups once before and they just moved and shifted so much that it made me feel unstable.
I posted about these in the “best thing” thread but I love, love, love my FreeJump stirrups. I crushed my knee when a horse fell on me about 15 years ago and they are the best thing going for it. They are safety stirrups which I feel really good about, and they hang at the perfect angle. They are also not super lightweight so they don’t move around too much. I don’t like the really light ones. They have a super grippy footbed too with little rivets in it. No losing stirrups even in the rain which is important to me because I don’t have an indoor so often ride in sloppy conditions. They are expensive but worth it. I like them tons better than the Herm Sprengers I used before. Those got downgraded to my dressage saddle.
I have a hard time riding in regular ones without limping after…ah horse people, old before our times.
Going to second a wide footbed! I have the Jin Kinko stirrups and love them, we sell a lot of them as well. . . .But the $40 composite irons with the cheese grater footbed, we also sell a ton of. I prefer the Jin, but they are pricey!
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I posted about these in the “best thing” thread but I love, love, love my FreeJump stirrups. I crushed my knee when a horse fell on me about 15 years ago and they are the best thing going for it. They are safety stirrups which I feel really good about, and they hang at the perfect angle. They are also not super lightweight so they don’t move around too much. I don’t like the really light ones. They have a super grippy footbed too with little rivets in it. No losing stirrups even in the rain which is important to me because I don’t have an indoor so often ride in sloppy conditions. They are expensive but worth it. I like them tons better than the Herm Sprengers I used before. Those got downgraded to my dressage saddle.
I have a hard time riding in regular ones without limping after…ah horse people, old before our times.[/QUOTE]
I’ve seen these. I love the safety features and the look of them. Are they acceptable in all phases of eventing?
I can’t see why they wouldn’t be legal in dressage but not 100% sure, if anyone knows of a reason perhaps they can say but I can’t imagine there would be an issue. I flat in them all the time. They are definitely very appropriate in all jumping phases, lots of SJers use them. Probably more SJers than eventers (Beezie Madden, most of the Irish team, oh tons of people, just look at World Cup photos and you will see them a lot) though Michael Jung uses them. I don’t see people using them in top level dressage photos often but I don’t think they are really illegal or anything. Just most people use more traditional stirrups there. It is more than fine for lower levels I think, I wouldn’t think twice about it. Can’t believe a judge would mark you down for using safety stirrups.
If you are concerned about the look you could just put the Compositis you have back on to show dressage.
I suffered from intense knee and ankle pain in large part due to a h/j coach growing up who stressed heels down and resulted in a lot of hyperflexion on my end. I swear by my (non-jointed) Royal Rider stirrups with the cheese grater pads. I have no problem getting my heels down properly in them and they prevent me from bracing and hyperflexing so much.
I would love to get a pair of the Free Jump safety stirrups, but the $300 price tag??? A little hard to swallow 
Hoping if I wait a while, there will be less expensive versions as with the jointed and composite stirrups…
