Safety stirrups for 12 yo (jumping)

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DD (nearly 12) competes once a month in jumping competitions. She has been using a pair of old school safety peacock stirrups with the elastic band for the last few years.

For her birthday she would like something a bit more grown-up; her friend got either Flex-ons or Freejump recently, can't remember which, but they were a tad pricey.

I wondered about LeMieux Acavello ones as they seem a bit more reasonable in price. The thing is, which ones??? Acavello Pro, Plus, or vector balance??

She sometimes loses her stirrups during a round but her teacher has had them practise so much without stirrups, that she can continue regardless and not faff about trying to get her feet back in. Which I guess is a good thing, but I think she also needs to work on keeping her feet in the stirrups!

Could anyone suggest which ones would be the best to get? I'd rather not spend more than 150£. Thank you in advance!

Acavello pro are great, we’re slowly swapping all our stirrups in yard to these*.Nicer than more expensive free jumps in my opinion! Personally not a fan of flex ons. The safety arm can break in the event of a fall ( a good thing) but replacing it is a dose. Also find the footbed a bit weird.. good for people with bad knees apparently though! I’d go with Acavello Pros. A little bit ‘weighty’ so easier to find if you lose your stirrup.

• Train young horses, ride at international level.

My dc have free jumps and tech. They both love the tech stirrups and share the one pair even though they have a set of the free jumps each. Dd was saying the other day how they naturally put her foot in such a good position. They are pricey but well worth it I think. Free jumps will probably get sold at some point and buy a second pair of tech

We had the acavallo ones and my son fell off and his foot got stuck in the stirrup! Luckily the pony just stood still. We switched to le mieux and have had no issues with those.

I had the Acavello Arena stirrups and personally found them way too heavy for my liking. I ride in FreeJumps now and have had them for years (I know they're pricey but there must be similar things out there and I also see them being sold a lot second hand)