BREAKWAWAY STIRRUPS

[HAY MAKER]

Just another gimic ? or a worth while ?
Reason I ask is..........This morning I had some fence to ride and gaps to check,horses around here have'nt been rode much because I was feelin a lil pekid earlier this year,anyway I am partial to the grey horse i have so always ride your best horse as the ole sayin goes but,horses need rode and the little sorrel i have had'nt been rode in a long while and I reckoned it was time.
So bout day break me and the little sorrel are makin good time it's like the little horse was rode daily no problems at all yet.
I cut through a plowed field and the sorrel stumbled a couple times seemed to get his balance and we broke into a trot,bout that time he stumbled forward he musta went 20 tryin to regain his balance when his nose started plowin loose ground,happened pretty fast but the little horse fell on his left side and had my leg under him he gained his feet pretty damn fast as a matter of fact to fast because if I would have been thinkin when he stood upright I would have been in the saddle.
I guess it happened to fast or maybe Im gettin old,probably a little of both anyway he got up damn fast and my left foot is hung in the stirrup,Im thinkin bad things are fixin to happen fast,but that little sorrel just stood there never spooked and i finnally got my boot loose.
I believe it was my fault for not realizin the little horse needed time to adjust to a rider again and I made it worse when i cut across the plowed field.
Anyway I got very lucky this morning,after i gained some age I swore i would never sit a saddle without a nitelatch,never bury my boot to the heel in a stirrup which i did'nt this morning,I guess the horse wallowin on it moved it to the heel.
Anyway..........got me wonderin bout the so called breakaways,always thought they were for green horns,change your mind mighty fast when your boot is hung and you are flat on your back.
To be honest this is the 2nd time I been hung up both times I was lucky,what's that ole sayin bout 3 ?
good luck

[Big Muddy rancher]

My daughter used a pair of these. http://www.breakawaystirrups.com/

for almost 10 years and really liked them. They are wearing a bit now and I should get them back to get checked out. They hang nice and don't flip away when putting your foot in them.

Stay safe.

[HAY MAKER]

Another thing Im gonna do is get a lite weight saddle,aint always ropin draggin,dont need a 40# saddle to ride fence.
McCall makes a good lite weight saddle,thinkin bout one like this.


good luck

[Big Muddy rancher]

Gee Haymaker maybe you should be using one of these.
http://www.ride-the-sunshine-glow.com/bareback-pads.html

[HAY MAKER]

[Faster horses]

You'll like that McCall saddle, I think, haymaker.

And give that sorrell pony some extra oats for saving your life...
he did, you know.

[HAY MAKER]

[Nicky]

Glad it turned out well! Talked to a lady at the Cattlewomen's meeting last weekend who got hung up and drug a ways last spring...she just started riding again and her ankle still bothers her

I ride with oxbows, have for years. I won't use anything else. But they are made to ride with you foot all the way in the stirrup. So if you don't want to ride that way you won't like them.

[Big Muddy rancher]

Maybe you need yo find yourself a pair of boots and quit riding in those Penny loafers.

[Faster horses]

Oxbow stirrups are way different feeling than other stirrups, haymaker.
I admire those who ride with them, but there isn't much support
because your weight is on the arch of your foot. Takes some getting
used to. Most of our training friends do ride them, but they ride
a lot and have used oxbows for years.
How big are your
stirrups? How big is the space from the top of the stirrup to the bottom
(I think this is called the throat--and they can be different sizes)?
Maybe that's what's wrong...the throat of your stirrup is too large.
I'd check that out. Getting a foot through a stirrup is not a common
problem.

Good that BMR knows some breakaway stirrups that work well.
I always wondered about them getting away from you when getting
on.

[HAY MAKER]

[Dylan Biggs]