I use long blunt spurs for schooling and ones with rowls for lessons and competing. Its the same for jumping - i dont wear them to hack out in.
You need to get a quick response from your leg aid in dressage and Bloss is often a bit slow and lazy off the leg. Especially now shes learning harder movements i really need to be able to pick her up off my leg.
I use them from time to time schooling, but there very small almost like dummy ones! there just to give me an extra bit of sharpness when schooling, as although my horse is very fizzy, she gets cross about this schooling malarky and she goes on strike in walk and wont trott so instead of me kicking the hell out of her i squeeze with these and hey presto!
I wear them for schooling and competing as Louis can be a little dead to the leg...they are very small ones though. I don't need them for jumping though...he's plenty quick enough off the leg!
I only used small blunt ones a few times when competing my old horse but i dont really like using them as i am worried that i am gonna put a hole in their side as i have never been taught how to use them properly.
Wear spurs pretty much all of the time - long ones for competition or schooling, shorter for jumping and hacking out - and only hacking out if ive ridden a horse before who was being schooled.
Only on 1 horse i had when showjumping and during dressage training!
I agree in principal but hate seeing kids using them! saw a girl at a comp a few weeks ago who was on a t/b that was bounching all over the place-she was hauling at his mouth round the x/c and jabbing it in the ribs with spurs-i mean for god sake talk about mixed measages!
I use them flatwork because he is a lazy git! probably doesnt even feel them through his many insulating layers! and if you dont wear them well.......................... he will basically laugh in your face and humiliate you by not cantering in dressage!