Spur
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A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to r
Pair of steel spurs from the Auckland War Memorial Museum Collection
Western-style cowboy spurs with rowels, chap guards and buttons for the spur straps
15th century rowel spur.
Arabic spurs, known as "acicates" in Spain, used by the Conquistadors.
Bull riding
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Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
Spur
…side of the horse rather than being limited simply to pressing inward. The exception to the use of spurs in a subtle fashion is in the rodeo events of bull riding and saddle bronc and bareback riding, where the rider is required to spur in an elaborate, stylized fashion, touching the horse or bull at every stride…
Bull riding
Statuette of a Mexican charro bull riding, ca. 1830
Mexican Vaqueros Riding Wild Cattle in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1885)
Charro bull-riding (1910)