welshied
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Just looking at spurs and came across these surely people don't ride in these?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GREAT-GENTLEMAN-DR...id=p3286.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GREAT-GENTLEMAN-DR...id=p3286.c0.m14
Do people actually ride in these?
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welshied
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some of them look like instruments of torture lol
SonnysHumanSlave
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no i think they are like western spurs... decoration only.
welshied
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Ahh i was thinking the looked pretty severe lol
Chico Mio
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They look like they may have been 'dress' spurs
One day I will try and take pictures in my local tack shop for you all - you would be horrified at what they sell!
Spurs like these and worse - oh and when I went to buy a snaffle for Ari I couldn't find them and the guy took me to where the bits were, 'These are the filetes (snaffles)', he said, 'and these on the other side are the frenos (brakes)' They actually refer to any bit harsher than a snaffle as 'the brakes' and some of them look like they are designed to stop a runaway train. Shanks six inches long, ludicrously high ports, twisted mouth pieces, the lot.
One day I will try and take pictures in my local tack shop for you all - you would be horrified at what they sell!
Spurs like these and worse - oh and when I went to buy a snaffle for Ari I couldn't find them and the guy took me to where the bits were, 'These are the filetes (snaffles)', he said, 'and these on the other side are the frenos (brakes)' They actually refer to any bit harsher than a snaffle as 'the brakes' and some of them look like they are designed to stop a runaway train. Shanks six inches long, ludicrously high ports, twisted mouth pieces, the lot.
Enfys
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They look like they may have been 'dress' spurs
One day I will try and take pictures in my local tack shop for you all - you would be horrified at what they sell!
Spurs like these and worse - oh and when I went to buy a snaffle for Ari I couldn't find them and the guy took me to where the bits were, 'These are the filetes (snaffles)', he said, 'and these on the other side are the frenos (brakes)' They actually refer to any bit harsher than a snaffle as 'the brakes' and some of them look like they are designed to stop a runaway train. Shanks six inches long, ludicrously high ports, twisted mouth pieces, the lot.
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That sounds familiar Chico Mio. Are horses trained to go somewhatly differently in Spain though, more along the lines of Western equitation than the English style?
I put a bridle (with french link snaffle) on a new horse yesterday and if she could have got her hooves to her face she would have ripped it out, same result with several other mouthpieces, I put her in a western grazing bit (5" shanks, straight bar) and she practically smiled with relief that I had something she was obviously accustomed to.
OP, I frequently see riders at penning, cutting practice etc with spurs that look similar to those you show, not my choice, but yes, people do ride in that sort of thing.
They look like they may have been 'dress' spurs
One day I will try and take pictures in my local tack shop for you all - you would be horrified at what they sell!
Spurs like these and worse - oh and when I went to buy a snaffle for Ari I couldn't find them and the guy took me to where the bits were, 'These are the filetes (snaffles)', he said, 'and these on the other side are the frenos (brakes)' They actually refer to any bit harsher than a snaffle as 'the brakes' and some of them look like they are designed to stop a runaway train. Shanks six inches long, ludicrously high ports, twisted mouth pieces, the lot.
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That sounds familiar Chico Mio. Are horses trained to go somewhatly differently in Spain though, more along the lines of Western equitation than the English style?
I put a bridle (with french link snaffle) on a new horse yesterday and if she could have got her hooves to her face she would have ripped it out, same result with several other mouthpieces, I put her in a western grazing bit (5" shanks, straight bar) and she practically smiled with relief that I had something she was obviously accustomed to.
OP, I frequently see riders at penning, cutting practice etc with spurs that look similar to those you show, not my choice, but yes, people do ride in that sort of thing.
Chico Mio
Antedeluvian
Enfys, yes they definitely get used to it! My FB had a portmouthed pelham when I bought him, I changed to a french link drop cheek snaffle and he absolutely hated it - he cannot abide a broken mouth piece. Bitless now, though
Unfortunately I once saw the results of heavy handedness in one of the more severe bits - a horse brought onto my old yard had a tongue that looked like it had been knifed at regular intervals down the sides
Unfortunately I once saw the results of heavy handedness in one of the more severe bits - a horse brought onto my old yard had a tongue that looked like it had been knifed at regular intervals down the sides
Divasmum
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They look gruesome.
skewby
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Unfortunately I once saw the results of heavy handedness in one of the more severe bits - a horse brought onto my old yard had a tongue that looked like it had been knifed at regular intervals down the sides
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Omg! That is dreadful
Unfortunately I once saw the results of heavy handedness in one of the more severe bits - a horse brought onto my old yard had a tongue that looked like it had been knifed at regular intervals down the sides
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Omg! That is dreadful
NeedNewHorse
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Yes, I agree that is horrible. I would hate to see the 'after affect' of some of the things people use or resort to.
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Spyda
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Well, there are 3 bids on them so far.
Let's hope they ARE for decorative purposes only!
Let's hope they ARE for decorative purposes only!
welshied
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Yeah lets hope so it never seizes to amaze what some people are like with there horses being harsh with bits digging in sides with spurs untill sides bleed etc