{"id":7335,"date":"2020-06-27T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/the-ultimate-guide-to-horse-riding-boots\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:48:37","slug":"the-ultimate-guide-to-horse-riding-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/the-ultimate-guide-to-horse-riding-boots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide to Horse Riding Boots (for Beginners!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Here at Equestrian Boots and Bridles, we want to make buying boots a really enjoyable experience<\/strong>. So we’ve created this guide to help you figure out what you actually need – and cut through what you don’t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before we get started, I want to tell you something about my own experience with boots. It’s important for you to know that my ankles are just not naturally flexible. When I was young, “Heels down!” was basically my riding coach’s mantra for years! It’s not that I didn’t try\u2014I really did! But my ankles just wouldn’t bend. Almost 20 years of riding later and I’m still<\/em> working on my ankles if I’m being honest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My first pair of riding boots were classic tall English riding boots<\/a> that looked kind of like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n