Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
At SJ yesterday one girl was wearing spurs and booting her pony hard with every single stride. Pony also had lips wide open all the way round from the pressure of the bit. Pony was obviously very good and went round at warp speed but it was awful to see. That venue disqualifies riders for overuse of the whip - are there not similar rules for spurs? Would any of you have said anything to the organisers? I would not dare intervene unless I was in an official capacity but I really wanted someone there to deal with it. Child was very young so not her fault at all. Someone is teaching her to ride like that so if it was costing her places then they might re-think.