Tall riding boots either lace up, zip up or simply pull on, and they should fit closely to the leg up to the break in the knee. Try on both field boots and dress boots with help from the owner of an English tack store in this video on horse supplies.
This is our field boot and the difference of field boot is it has laces compared to a dress boot that does not have laces. Fitting tall boots is very, very important. We have to make sure they fit very well in the calf, and also you don't want them to be too tall. 'Cause the benefits of having a boot that fits properly is you can ride much better. If you're on a slushy boot, you don't get the feel of the horse, you have a hard time putting your heel down, and it can really be dangerous 'cos you can't get your horse to do what he wants you want him to do. So with this particular boot, these are boot pulls. They don't have zippers or anything fancy like that. So you actually have to pull the boot on. And there's two loops inside each boot and then the boot pull go in there. As you can see, she's having to pull the boot on up over her calf. This is a very good fit for her. It should fit when it breaks down, it should fit right at the break in the knee. Most boots break down an inch to an inch and a half so you want them to start off being a little bit taller because they will scrunch down in the ankle, and also at the top. We're going to have Danielle try this other boot. This is a dress boot. It doesn't have the ties, and it has a zipper in the back to make it a little bit easier to get on and off. Now, as you can see this boot does not fit her very well at all. She has all the space in here and so it would make her whole legs slush around, and it would not be a safe or an effective boot for her to wear. So this boot she can slip her whole hand down there. So the boot on her left, the field boot with the ties is a really, really great fit for her.
on March 16, 2010, 2:34 am