Your Complete Guide to Horse Gear, Tack & Equestrian Equipment in the UK
There’s a particular kind of dread that creeps in mid-canter when you glance down and notice one stirrup sitting a full hole lower than the other. Nine times out of ten, that’s not you riding crooked — it’s tired leather finally giving up the fight. Finding affordable stirrup leathers that actually hold their length, rather … Read more
There’s a particular kind of dread that comes from glancing down mid-canter and noticing your stirrup iron has gone a bit wobbly at the joint. You don’t want to think about tack failure when you’re three strides from a hedge. And yet stirrups are one of the most overlooked pieces of kit in anyone’s grooming … Read more
Here’s an uncomfortable truth nobody tells you at your first lesson: it’s not the falling off that hurts riders most. It’s what happens in the half-second afterwards, when a boot doesn’t come free of the iron and a spooked pony decides the arena gate looks appealing. That single design flaw — the ordinary stirrup — … Read more