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ALWAYS * ALWAYS * ALWAYS
wear a shoe or boot with a heel when you are riding. This is to help protect & minimize your chances of your foot being stuck in the stirrup, and you being dragged should you fall off!
Consider too, having safety stirrups with the elastic!