BREAKWAWAY STIRRUPS

[HAY MAKER]

Glad to hear you came out unscathed! That is a scary feeling for sure.
Do I understand correctly that your foot wasn't all the way through but just to the heel and it was the toe of your boot that was caught?

Sorry for the late reply Dylan,yes it was the toe of the boot against the stirrup top, seconds seem like hours when you are trying to reach high enough to twist your boot loose and you know you are damn close to big trouble,I realize just how lucky I got,never would have believed you can have a horse fall like that and get hung up,I caint say enough good about that little sorrel,but I also understand given the same circumstances next time he may bolt,now the question becomes how to best minimize it.
I know one thing and I hope everyone that is readin this will agree,if and when you have a horse fall with you make damn sure you are in the saddle when he rises,I dont care what anyone sez its my humble opinion safest place on a horse is in the saddle,Ive preached that for years and got lucky when I did'nt practise it yesterday,that wont happen again.
good luck

Hay Maker, no nee to apologize, since it was your toe that was stuck,

my next question is what material is the sole of the boot. A lot of new boots are made now with a non slip type of sole and not the old leather sole, that certainly does not help in circumstances like you were in.

I had a horse at a lope years ago on native pasture and he planted both front feet in a badger hole and was skidding along on his chest and i took both feet out of the stirups and bailed off just before he rolled right over, so I don't know if one strategy fits all circumstances. He was a stumble bum bugger, I finally got rid of him, he was cowy as all get out though.

You nailed it,no doubt about it the boots i was wearin were thick rubber soled, I wear rubber soled boots for chores and just did'nt think,that wont happen again.
good luck

 

[Dylan Biggs]

Sorry for the late reply Dylan,yes it was the toe of the boot against the stirrup top, seconds seem like hours when you are trying to reach high enough to twist your boot loose and you know you are damn close to big trouble,I realize just how lucky I got,never would have believed you can have a horse fall like that and get hung up,I caint say enough good about that little sorrel,but I also understand given the same circumstances next time he may bolt,now the question becomes how to best minimize it.
I know one thing and I hope everyone that is readin this will agree,if and when you have a horse fall with you make damn sure you are in the saddle when he rises,I dont care what anyone sez its my humble opinion safest place on a horse is in the saddle,Ive preached that for years and got lucky when I did'nt practise it yesterday,that wont happen again.
good luck

Hay Maker, no nee to apologize, since it was your toe that was stuck,

my next question is what material is the sole of the boot. A lot of new boots are made now with a non slip type of sole and not the old leather sole, that certainly does not help in circumstances like you were in.

I had a horse at a lope years ago on native pasture and he planted both front feet in a badger hole and was skidding along on his chest and i took both feet out of the stirups and bailed off just before he rolled right over, so I don't know if one strategy fits all circumstances. He was a stumble bum bugger, I finally got rid of him, he was cowy as all get out though.

You nailed it,no doubt about it the boots i was wearin were thick rubber soled, I wear rubber soled boots for chores and just did'nt think,that wont happen again.
good luck

I have worn boots with non slip soles in the past also and gotten stuck temporarily just getting off my horse normally at a standstill and for that reason I don't where them riding anymore.

That's a sensible horse you have good luck bringing him along!

 

[HAY MAKER]

So here's what i thought i would try,if it dont look good,gonna get some of them pricey breakaways.
http://www.oldtradingpost.com/old-w...ge=product_info&cPath=12_172&products_id=1855

good luck

 

[ranch hand]

They sure are wide for a oxbow.

 

[Faster horses]

They aren't like any oxbow I ever saw either. I guess they
are Safety Oxbows... :???:

 

[HAY MAKER]

They aren't like any oxbow I ever saw either. I guess they
are Safety Oxbows... :???:

Me either,you are thinkin of these

bought a set of them too,and if I dont like em,I will get me a set of those pricey breakaways that big dummy posted a link to,those things rigged are $450+ shippin,seems high till you are being dragged around the pasture,still countin my blessins if that would have happened on that high srtrung grey of mine,been bad news.
good luck

 

[curdogs]

Maybe i'm getting old and boring, but i'm past caring if playing it safe makes me look like a dork. Not half as dorky as i'd look after a bad run in with a horse.