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The Truth about Tall riding boots
Please measure your calf while wearing breeches to determine correct calf width when ordering.
Use the sizing charts available or call English Habit 1.800.706.1364
 If you need to return your footwear for any reason, please re-box your
boots carefully and then wrap the box in brown paper. Please do not
stick shipping labels directly on to the box as we want to be able to
send out the boots to another customer looking as fresh and nice as when
you received them.
Because we want you to be absolutely
satisfied with the footwear, here are some suggestions about trying them
on, and some thoughts on fit:
Tall riding boots will be 1 - 1 1/2" too tall when you first put
them on. The ankle area of the boot must soften and then with use will
begin to wrinkle at the ankle. As it softens and wrinkles, the boot
will begin to drop.
- Please take the time to try them on and walk in them on a carpet inside the house.
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If your feet are prone to swell by the end of the day, then this would be a good time to try them on.
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All tall riding boots will slip at the heel until you have worn
them for a while. This is to be expected and is not fault in the fit.
Given a little time, your heel will mold the back of the boot to fit and
the slipping will stop.
- Trying tall boots on with a nylon boot sock or panty hose will help them slide on easier.
- Please do not put baby powder
or boot stretch on your boots until you have decided to keep them, as
this will make them non-returnable.
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Tall boots should be snug and look "too tall". This is because they
will drop at the ankle over a period of time. So start 1-1.5 inches
taller than you think you want them. Dress boots with a stiffened back
used for dressage will not drop.
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You will need to use boot hooks to get tall boots on that do not
have zippers. If you can just pull them on without using hooks, they
are probably too big/wide. To get them off again, please have someone
pull them off for you, or use a boot pull WITH CARE. Position the boot
in the pull so that it cannot catch the sole of the boot and pull it
off. Obviously, we cannot accept boots back that have had the soles
pulled off in that fashion.
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Once you have worn footwear outside, they are not returnable
Do not put these boots on and go to a show all day. Break them in
first. We suggest to walk around in them with the zipper down 1-2
inches. This will allow you to start breaking in the ankle without the
boot jabbing you in the back of the knee.
Once mounted, pull the zipper up and go into the ring.
Leather softens as it is used.
See our complete line of english riding boots
Field boots have more flexibility in the ankle and are used in many disciplines such as Jumping, Hunter, Equitation and Pleasure.
Dress boots are typically stiffer in the ankle and are used typically for dressage.
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