On 18/09/2007, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I actually have a brand new pair of EZ rides with cages in my tackroom. I > bought them for Stephanie, but have never put them on a saddle. After years > of riding English, I actually feel very safe in the leather-covered EZ Rides > that came on the Tucker. How weird do you suppose it would look if I hung > them on the dressage saddle? I'd sure feel safer.
Nancy, I think we're all that the point where we just don't care what we look like. If you feel safer using them, then do it. I have some toe stoppers on my Icelandic "S" stirrups and I love them. I always worried that my foot would slip through and I'd be dragged for hours. BTW...speaking of dragging, my absolute favorite vet in the world was out riding a month ago, and her horse spooked and her foot slipped through her western stirrup and she was dragged for at least 10 minutes before they were able to stop her horse. She's staying at a friends house while she recuperates. Both hands are broken, both legs...and almost everything else has a cut or a ding. She's going into surgery again in a few weeks. So yes...let's all be safe. For those of you that ride western, you can buy those breakaway stirrups. Wanda
