Product Description

Custom Riding Crop

Custom Riding Crop is made to order and it’s available in your eventing colors! The perfect customized stick: perfect balance, length, color and weight. Our custom riding crop is a must have on cross country and during your show jumping round. Built to survive your most demanding training sessions. This custom crop has our 100% guarantee – if it breaks, we’ll replace it. Questions? Shoot us an email!

Built in the USA this is simply the best custom riding crop money can buy.

• 1, 2 or 3 custom crop colors combinations
• Extremely durable & well balanced
• NOT WEIGHTED (Weighted bats are against USEF rules)
• Individually built in the USA to your specifications
• Fiberglass rod tapers from 1/4″ to 1/8″
• Rubber grip won’t slip
• Soft Popper or Standard Popper option
• Our Custom riding crop makes a great gift!
• USEF Legal if kept within the 30″ length limit

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11 Steps To The Perfect Stick

You can have a crop with 1 or 3 colors with any popper, degree of flex, length and thickness. If you have questions while building your stick, email or call us.

1) 1st Color (3/8″) – Optional

This is a thick, 3/8 inch wide stripe. This stripe is available in 21 different colors. It’s optional because you can either use it or “skip it”. If you want your whole custom riding crop to be one of these 25 colors, select “Skip It” from the drop down menus for the 2nd color and 3rd color options.

2) 2nd Color (1/4″) – Optional

This is medium, 1/4″ wide stripe. This stripe is available in 25 different colors. It’s optional because you can either use the it or “skip it”. If you want your whole custom crop to be one of these 25 colors, select the desired color from the drop down then select “Skip It” from the drop down menus for the 1st and 3rd color.

3) 3rd Color Pinstripe – Optional

Pin stripes come in 29 different colors. It’s optional because you can either use the pin stripe or “skip it” and go with the above 2 colors (or just one). If you want your whole custom horse crop to be one of these 29 colors, select the desired color from the drop down then select “Skip It” from the other two color options.

1/2/3 Stripe Orientation – Required

This is your opportunity to let us know how you would like the stripes on your new crop to be orientated. If you want the whole crop to be a single color, select “1 Color Only”. For 2 colors, select “2 Colors”. 2 colors go side by side, pretty simple. For 3 colors – you have a few options. 1st / 2nd / 3rd puts the 3/8″ thick stripe first, the 1/4″ stripe second then the pin stripe. The other options follow this model. If you don’t see what you want, shoot us an email or simply add a note to your order at checkout. Note: there are some variations that make a weak crop so we won’t be able to build that variation. We’ll give you options if that rare choice is made.

4) Popper Style (7 to choose from)

7 popper styles to choose from. We also have a soft popper option. Note: You will be able to choose the overall length of your crop – this INCLUDES the length of the popper. IE if you choose a Straight popper (4 inches tall) and then choose a 27 inch length, your crop will be 23 inches long + the popper = 27 inches overall length.

5) Select your Popper’s color (14 to choose from)

14 different colors to choose from. All the poppers pictured here are “Straight” poppers but all our poppers come in these colors.

From left to right, top to bottom…

Dark Blue, Purple, Baby Blue, Royal Blue, Black, White, Green, Neon Green, Pink, Hot Pink, Red, Grey, Orange, Yellow

6) Overall Length

The length of your custom crop includes the length of the popper. If you’re using this custom riding crop for three day eventing, be sure to keep the length of your crop within the 30″ length rule (USEF). Our default is 27″ long – this seems to be the most popular length for adults. We suggest selected a 29 inch overall length if you are going to compete so you have absolutely no issue with the USEF rule: “If a whip is carried in the Cross-Country and/or Jumping Test, or while jumping any obstacle before these tests, it must not be weighted at the end or exceed 75cm (30”) in length.” Our whips are not weighted.

7) Handle Thickness (Thin – Thick)

This is a personal preference and typically depends on how big the hands of the crop user are. Men typically purchase a thicker handle while women purchase a thinner handle.

8) Shaft Thickness (Thin – Thick)

This will add weight to your stick. The thicker the shaft, the heavier the whip. We typically see people purchasing a Medium-Thick crop shaft.

9) Degree of Flex (Soft – Stiff)

How do you like your stick to bend over your horses butt? The Medium-Soft is the preferred flex.

10) Feathers (Optional)

Feathers are the pieces of leather below the popper. It’s mostly for looks but adds a bit more material to the strike surface. They also make a nice sound when flying through the air towards their intended target. If you don’t want feathers, select “No Feathers”.

11) Crop Base

There are two options here – the patented large cap end “hand stop” base or the more traditional small cap / table leg stopper. Most people select the hand stopper.

Name Tape: Personalize Your Custom Riding Crop

Add your name, barn name, team name,  or whatever to your personalized crop. There is no limit to the number or letters / characters / numbers but the more you add, the smaller the font. We don’t charge for this service so if it’s ugly, cut it off. The personalization is printed on water resistant paper and secured to your custom crop with a high quality, clear heat-shrink material. This is NOT embroidered, it is NOT fancy, it’s just to help get your crop back if you drop it on course.

Standard Popper Vs. Soft Popper

Eventers can use either the standard popper (shown here) in its many variations or the soft popper option – we have seen both and both are USEA legal. Checkout section 7, EV114.3 – Whips. Pay attention to page 30 –“If a horse is marked by the whip, e.g. the skin is broken, its use is excessive”. If your horse’s skin is super sensitive, the soft popper option may be your best bet.

Page 32 in the 2013 rule book: “3. WHIPS. One whip no longer than 12cm (47.2 in) including lash may be carried when riding on the flat at any time… If a whip is carried in the cross-country and / or the Jumping Test, or while jumping any obstacle before these tests, it must not be weighted at the end or exceed 75cm (30″) in length. An adjustable-length whip may not be carried by a mounted rider.”

These custom riding crops are NOT weighted

Makes A Fantastic Unique Equestrian Gift

If you’re shopping for a friend who rides horses, get them this personalized crop. They will love it. Use the default lengths and widths and customize the colors – your friend loves pink? You can make them a pink custom riding crop! It’s just about as awesome as commissioning our friends over at Songs for Gifts to create the ultimate unique gift… a personalized song in the genre of your choice!