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Some boots sures will do this to me. Also some stirrups will and it can 
vary by the shape of the horse. On a slab sidded horse where my legs 
hang straight down, it can be a problem where on a horse with shapped 
like a barrel where it won't.

Some shoes are built up slightly on the outside - the Terrains be ball 
into that category. If your stirrups have foam on the platform where 
your foot goes, you can whittle down the foam on the outside to 
compensate for the boots.

Truman

Dabney Finch wrote:

> Is it possible it's the cages? I know several riders (including me) 
> who find they cause outside ankle pain. I can't use them...Before you 
> ditch your new Ariats, try them with your old stirrups...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "GarnerT" <GarnerT@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:31 AM
> Subject: [RC] riding shoes
>
>
> > I thought I had solved my riding shoe problems when I purchased my Ariat
> > Terrains, but I am having real problems with the side of my right foot.
> > Last week on my normal training ride, the outside of my right foot was
> > hurting so badly, that I had to keep walking & taking my foot out of the
> > stirrup. I have purchased some new stirrups with the safety cage, so 
> > I can
> > use tennies.
> >
> > I bought them & took them to a week long environmental camp with my 6th
> > graders to break them in. It was pouring rain & my feet didn't get wet
> > (it's true - they ARE waterproof), but I got a huge blister on my 
> > left heel
> > after only about 1 1/2 mile hike. I switched to my older hiking boots &
> > thought that given time, the left boot would break in - wrong.
> >
> > At $80, I can't afford to be experimenting with this boot & that boot.
> > Until you ride in them, you don't know how they're going to feel. I 
> > have a
> > size 7, fairly wide foot, but I think the Ariats are just a tad too 
> > wide, so
> > my foot slides over to the edge of the boot & all the pressure of my 
> > leg is
> > on that edge. The left boot has finally quit causing blisters, but 
> > now I'm
> > dealing with the right. They have barely been worn, but I'm going to 
> > quit
> > using them.
> >
> > Kathy Garner

>


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