Endurance and Long Distance Equine Disciplines

Gear/Tack

On Potato's video he had some stirrups he recommended. He didn't specify who or where they are attainable from. Does anybody have anything on this matter?

Also any info on the little twisty thingy's that allow the stirrups to hang in the natural foot placement ? I hate using all the techie talk, hope you'll understand. :)

I've got the ez stirrups with the cage and have really been thinking about taking the cage off and cutting the stirrups down about a good inch or two. TIA, G

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Permalink Reply by Angie Mcghee on December 28, 2008 at 11:22am: The things that turn the stirrup look to me like they would leave the edge of the stirrup leather rubbing directly against your shin whereas turning stirrups like normal leaves a flat leather against your shin. I ride in easyrides with cages so. If you have a western type saddle you can get the leathers wet and turn them with an ax handle through them and they'll hold the turn after they dry.

Why do you want to cut the easyrides down?
P.S. if you reply to this I have no idea where I'd see your response so if I don't reply just send me a comment. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Collins on January 10, 2009 at 12:31pm: I think that Potato just uses regular English Stirrups. He's obviously tougher than many of us :) I use an EZ ride with a solid safety cage for endurance. I use mountain horse safety Engish stirrups for dressage and cavaletti. Sometimes during the winter I get too lazy to change them back and forth and just leave the English ones on. They are fine for 10-20 mile jaunts. If money were no object, I'd own a pair of the Springer 4 way English stirrups for dressage, etc. They are wonderful. You can see both in some of my photos. Cindy Collins; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tamara Stewart on April 14, 2009 at 9:59pm: No,
Potato does not use regular stirrups. Potato uses stirrups of his own design which he has manufactured in Auburn by the Auburn Ironworks. A Wendell Robie story there...
You can order the stirrups off of Potato's website www.tevispost.com
They really are terrific stirrups and hardly weigh a thing.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tamara Stewart on April 14, 2009 at 9:57pm: Potato has a website, www.tevispost.com
You can order the stirrups there.; ▶ Reply to This