Spurs & Spur Straps

Spurs for a horse consist of metal arches with a slot at the ends for a spur strap and rowel in the middle of the arc. The pins are made the split. Metal wheels, stars, balls put on a thin axle in the cut. The spurs are attached to the legs with a strap, which runs under the heel, and on the top with a semi-ring covers the boot. In the entire history of equestrian affairs, spurs were modified gradually. They stopped being a means of cruel punishment of a horse. So spurs are a tool to remind it of the need to obey the rider. Currently, there are many varieties of spurs, which are divided by shape into droplets, pins, hatchets, castors, stars.

Spurs play a dual role

On the one hand, they serve to strengthen the actions of the rowel, on the other – to severely punish the horse for disobeying or resisting the horseman’s willed. Any horse will easily determine the places where alien bodies touch their skin. At the same time, horses have a good memory, and after several pieces of training, they remember what action the rider induces them, pressing the rowel to one or another part of the body. The more trusting relationship of the rider and the horse, the thinner they understand each other.

Today, the piercing elements of the spurs are just a tool of the rarely used punishment of a horse, although in the middle ages they were considered the means to control the horse. When you are controlling the roweland feeling that the horse reacts to your movements without much hunting, you should increase the pressure with the rowel and at the same time press the smooth metal arch of the spur to the side of the horse.

A trained horse clearly understands this kind of hints

However, the spurs may be the last argument of the rider in the fight against the obstinate horse. In preparing to use them as a means of punishment, the rider must sit deeper in the saddle, increase the pressure to stay in the saddle during a sudden jump of horse forward or to the side, and sharply push the spurs on the sides of the horse.

In this case, do not keep the horse by the reins to allow it to move forward

If a horse shows obstinacy and refuses to obey, the punishment should be repeated, making one or more prick in a row, until complete obedience to your will is achieved. But even in extreme cases, the horse should not be beaten with spurs with great force. Most often, a light symbolic prick is enough for the horse to understand the seriousness of the rider’s intentions. So, you learned how to use spurs, and you can choose and buy them in our store.